“In memory of their victims … they shall not pass.” An elaborate celtic cross in memory (i ndil cuimhne) of Troubles victims from Catholic south Belfast and a promise to block Orange Order parades in the lower Ormeau.
Farnham Street, south Belfast
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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Celtic cross and plaques “In memory of all those from the Markets and Lower Ormeau who died as a result of the conflict” (with Terence MacSwiney quote) and “In memory of all those who dedicated their lives to the struggle for Irish freedom”, in particular IRA 3rd battalion Belfast Brigade volunteers Nolan, Downey, Davison, and Fıan J. Templeton. With flags for the 20th anniversary of the hunger strike.
Stanfield Place, south Belfast
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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2001 image of the masked volunteers previously seen in 1997 in Lower Stanfield Street. It is extremely unusual for a (republican) “hooded gunman” mural to survive to this date. We conjectured in the earlier post that the creation of the mural dates to the period between the ceasefires.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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“In memory of the taxi drivers who lost their lives.” The gates of Milltown cemetery and the Andersonstown RUC base flank a black taxi beneath a celtic cross. Shiels Street, Belfast.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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The lower part of the long wall in Bishop Street, Derry, in 1988. From left to right: a funeral volley fired over a scroll (blank in the first shot, filled-in in the fifth; Cú Chulaınn dying; portraits of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers; Bobby Sands’s “spirit of freedom” quote (shown in the final image) which concludes “I remain what I am – a political prisoner of war”; a celtic cross; “Free All POWs” (similar image to Racecourse Road); and a lark in barbed wire over a Tricolour.
For the inclusion of Cú Chulaınn in this mural, see the Visual History page.
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Copyright © 1998 Peter Moloney
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A mural of traditional republican symbols – armed and masked volunteers with celtic cross, phoenix, pikes, Tricolour and Sunburst flags – but unusual for 1997. Perhaps it dates to the period before the second/renewed ceasefire, on July 19th. Stanfield Place, Belfast. M01346
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
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Cú Chulaınn and an Easter Rising volunteer form “a tribute to the heroes of 1916”: “We … declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.” (From the Proclamation.)
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
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Another 1994 update image of a 1989 Ballycolman/Strabane mural, a roll of honour for the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers next to a celtic cross with Starry Plough and Tricolour on pikes. “Saoirse.”
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Copyright © 1994 Peter Moloney
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Mirror-image volunteers fire over a Celtic cross with wreath and republican flags. This mural was perhaps left incomplete, and perhaps because of the ceasefire.
Drumleck Drive, Derry
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Copyright © 1994 Peter Moloney
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12 deceased hunger strikers are named on either side of a celtic cross in tricoloured panels, with a stylised bird flying in front. Two masked volunteers stand to attention.
Whiterock Road, Belfast
Bobby Sands Francis Hughes Patsy O’Hara Ray McCreesh Joe McDonnell Martin Hurson Kevin Lynch Kieran Doherty Tom McIlwee [McElwee] Michael Devine Michael Gaughan Frank Stagg
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Copyright © 1993 Peter Moloney
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