IRA prisoner Kieran Nugent is reputed to have said – upon being imprisoned after the removal of Special Category status in 1976 – “I’m not a criminal – the Brits will have to nail prison clothes to my back.”
The mural is a February repainting of Cıarán Nugent and for the launch it was surrounded with posters from the period.
Rockville Street, Belfast
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“In memory of Staff Captain Jim McGinn Óglaıgh na hÉıreann who died on active service near this spot 15th December 1973. Fuaır sé bás ar son na saoırse.”
Urney Road, Clady, at the far end of the bridge, into the republic.
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Tommy Sands records under his own name, as “the Sands Family” (with his siblings | web | Fb) and, as shown here, “with Moya & Fionán” (his children). This Northumberland Street mural was up towards the security gates just below Sean Garland.
See also: Colum Sands Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
Northumberland Street, west Belfast
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“Arm Saoırse Náısıúnta na h-Éıreann. [INLA] Vol. James McPhilemy, killed in action 10 August 1988; [INLA] Vol. Alex Patterson killed in action 12 November 1990. ‘Your spirit will live on in the hearts of all who cherish freedom, justice and equality. Fuaır sıad bás ar son saoırse na h-Éıreann.”
Gallany Court, Strabane
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“In proud memory of our fallen comrades Irish National Liberation Army Vol. Hugh Ferguson assassinated [by the OIRA] 20th February 1975, Comrade Hugh O’Neill accidental death 10th July 1981. The struggle for any dream lies in the freedom of their country. Erected by the Irish Republican Socialist Ex-Prisoners Memorial Committee.”
Whiterock Parade, Belfast
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[The people of Derry remember the hunger strikers] Scenes from the rally for the 2010 National Hunger Strike Commemoration, August 15th, 2010, in Hunters Park, Bellaghy. The left-hand painting is signed by a Short Strand artist and Marty Lyons; the right-hand painting is of the capture of native son Francis Hughes.
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Páırc Réamonn Mac Raoıs, in Patrick Street, Newry, is named after the third 1981 hunger striker to die, Raymond McCreesh, who was from Camlough and went to St Colman’s grammar in Newry. The park was named in 2001 and was the subject of appeals to various ‘equality’ commissions (Newry Times). With “CIRA” graffiti on the back wall.
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“In loving memory of Eamonn Hughes murdered by British collaborators 13th September 2008 protecting his family. May you rest in peace Eamonn.” One man was convicted and another of attempting to run over two women with a car.
Lisnahull Road, Dungannon.
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Sport- and community-orientated mural on Lecky Road, Derry, in the Brandywell.
“Bally Mór” perhaps refers to the local soccer club Ballymoor, and (further back) to the townland of Eudhan-Baıle-Mór (Edenballymore), though this does not include the modern-day Brandywell.
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The Antrim shield and the emblems of local clubs St Gall’s, Ó Donnabháın Rosa, O’Donnell’s appear on a low wall in St James’s.
St Katherine’s Road, Belfast
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