“Doıre” means “oak grove” and the oak leaf is the symbol of Derry city.
Westland Street, Bogside, Derry
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Copyright © 2002 Peter Moloney
M03949
Doıre
oak leaf
Remember Bloody Sunday
A dove/lark in celtic style and the oak-leaf representing the city of Derry comprise the emblem of Bloody Sunday, January 30th, 1972. See previously: Bloody Sunday ’72 | Domhnach Na Fola
Rossville Street, Derry
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Copyright © 2002 Peter Moloney
M02495
Domhnach Na Fola
The emblem of Bloody Sunday (in Irish “Domhnach Na Fola”) is a Celtic-style dove (perhaps the NICRA dove) with an oak leaf (representing the city). The earliest presentation in the Collection is five years earlier than this image, from the 25th anniversary.
Rossville Street, Derry
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Copyright © 2002 Peter Moloney
M01607
Bloody Sunday Commemoration
The fourth mural by the Bogside Artists shows the faces of the fourteen people who died on or as a result of Bloody Sunday, January 30th, 1972, shot by the “gun-happy louts” (as described by the Belfast UDA; Vanguard also called for their removal – see the entry for Robert McKinnie in Lost Lives) of the 1st Parachute Regiment; 15 more people were injured.
By row, the victims portrayed are:
Michael McDaid, John Young, Paddy Doherty
John Johnston (d. June 16th), Hugh Gilmour, Gerry Donaghy, Barney McGuigan
Gerry McKinney, William Nash, Kevin McElhinney, Jackie Duddy
Jim Wray, Michael Kelly, William McKinney
The portraits are presented within a circle of oak leaves – symbol of Derry – one for each person.
Westland Street, Bogside, Derry
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
M02496
Derry Brigade Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann
Volunteers with lowered weapons stand to either side of a list of names. The fist in flames symbolises resistance, the oak leaves represent Derry.
Central Drive, Creggan, Derry
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01253
The Cutting Edge
Five in a row in Moyola Drive, Derry: Briogáid Doire with crossed rifles and oak leaves; [a Tricolour – no separate image]; “the cutting edge” weaponry; a Sunburst; and, a celtic cross flying Starry Plough and Tricolour with the names of the deceased 1981 hunger strikers.
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
M00905 M00904 M00903 M00902 M00901
IRA Rule Derry
On the left, a Bible quote — “No greater love hath a man than he lays down his life for his friends.” [John 15:13] — and The 5 Demands — No prison uniform, no prison work, free association, letters, visits, etc., full remission — with the oak leaf and crossed rifles of the Derry Brigade Provisional IRA in between.
On the right, Starry Plough, fractured “H”, and Irish Tricolour are linked by barbed wire. With posters above for hunger-strikers Pat Sheehan, Jackie McMullan, [Hugh] Gerry Carville, who all ended their strikes when October 3rd, 1981, when the strike was ended.
Westland Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney
M00188 M0189 M00190
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