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Belfast Graves

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“And all around are monuments that bear a martyr’s name/True patriots who fought and died to kindle freedoms flame/Jimmy Quigley, [Eamonn] McCormick and [Teddy] O’Neill with [Michael] Magee brave/Remember them, they died for us and found a martyr’s grave.” The words of Ray McAreavey’s song are modified to include four Ballymurphy IRA/Fıanna volunteers. With additional portraits of local stalwarts Alice Franklin and Mary Fegan.

Divismore Way, Ballymurphy, west Belfast

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Ballymurphy Resistance

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“In proud and loving memory of Volunteers Liam “Bulmer” McParland, Billy Carson, Liam Mulholland, Sean Doyle”. Mulholland – fluent Irish speaker and the oldest person to be arrested during the initial internment sweep – is shown in the background while the other three are in fatigues, (all four in front of Ballymurphy shops). There are four additional portraits, of Rosaleen Russell, Annie Adams, Kathleen Moore, and Frankie Toner.

Ballymurphy Road, west Belfast

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Talk Of Us As Though We Were Beside You

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“Grieve not nor speak of us with tears but laugh and talk of us as though we were beside you”. Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann, Belfast brigade, 2nd battalion, B company volunteers Kevin Delaney, Patrick Campbell, Michael Clarke, Anne Parker, and Michael Sloan are shown on patrol in Ballymurphy Parade, the street just to the left of this mural. Campbell was 16 when killed by friendly fire; the oldest at time of death was Delaney, at 26.

Also named on the plaque are “republican activists” Esther Valelly, Theresa Campbell, and Maggie Campbell.

Glenalina Road, Ballymurphy, west Belfast

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Out Of The Ashes of 1969

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“In Ireland’s darkest hour her sons and daughters have always rallied to her cause” and “out of the ashes of 1969 arose the Provisionals”. Different generations of Irish rebellion are portrayed: there is a 1798/1803 pikeman in the background, an early IRA man on the left, and female and male volunteers from the Troubles in the foreground.

Jasmine Corner/Gardenmore Road, Twinbrook, Dunmurry/Belfast

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Copyright © 2002 Peter Moloney
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Bloody Sunday

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This Bloody Sunday info board in Rossville Street, Derry, is directed at an international audience, being “dedicated to all those throughout the world who have struggled, suffered imprisonment and lost their lives in the pursuit of liberty, justice and civil rights” and focusing as much on the Widgery report (“branded a whitewash by human rights groups throughout the world”) and continued demands for justice as on the events of the day.

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