The Free Ireland mural (and IRA plaque) on Beechmount Avenue provides a backdrop for a parade.
Seen in 1990 and 1991 and later repainted.
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Copyright © 1993 Peter Moloney
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Who Fears To Speak Of Easter Week
Two images of a mural for the 75th anniversary of the Easter Rising (éirí amach na Casca 1916-1991) by Mo Chara Kelly, who recreates a piece by Robert Ballagh showing the signatories of the Proclamation (and Countess Markievicz) with raised fists (included below). A phoenix is added, above. Glenalina Road/Whiterock Road, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1991 Peter Moloney
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Bobby Sands Saoirse
Memorial to Bobby Sands, with phoenix above (painted by Mo Chara Kelly) in Jasmine Way/Juniper Park, Twinbrook, next to Sands’s home. Two volunteers in reflective pose would later be added by local youths.
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Copyright © 1991 Peter Moloney
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The Republican People Of Greater Ballymurphy
A phoenix rises out of a Celtic cross wrapped in the Tricolour. “This monument was erected by the republican people of greater Ballymurphy in proud and loving memory of all those volunteers from the area who gave their lives in the fight for Irish freedom. Unveiled by Gerry Adams 12th May 1985. I ndil cuimhne [chuimhne] i gcónai ag na poblachtánaigh ón cheantar Barr Cluanai. Also in memory of the civilians who died at the hands of the British Army, RUC, UDR and loyalist extremists.”
Glenalina Road, Ballymurphy, west Belfast
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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Revolution Socialism
1990 image of Revolution Socialism, in Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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Free Dessie Ellis
“Free Dessie Ellis. Stop extradition.” For more on the Ellis extradition, see Support Dessie Ellis and Don’t Hand Him Over.
Racecourse Road, Derry.
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Armed Struggle
Five panels in a row in Innisfree Gardens, Strabane: (1) the shield of the four provinces, (2) a phoenix with “Out of the ashes rose the provisionals” (3) Ireland unfree shall never be at peace (seen in 1989), (4) “Honour Ireland’s dead” with a Celtic cross and Easter lily, (5) “Armed struggle” and “Resistance 1916-1989” and three armed volunteers.
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Freedom
“Freedom: For freedom you fasted & died/For the five rights you were denied/For the evil we know to blame/For England shrouded in shame/For the deaths of young Irish lives/For the oath of a country that cried/For the murder of a lark in the sky.” This poem seems to be unique in Irish muraling – if you know anything about it, please leave a comment. The sword with wings appears to be the insignia of the SAS, but its presence in this is inexplicable; the harp might be taking a poke at it. Fountain Street, Strabane.
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The People Arose In ’69
Free Ireland
Manacles “Made in Britain” constrain the republican desire for a united Ireland, contrary to the burning GPO and rising phoenix.
The close-up image shows the plaque to local (A Company 2nd Battalion) IRA volunteers: Stan Carberry, Frankie Dodds, Paul Fox, Sean Bailey, Paul Marlowe, Tony Campbell. Painted by Mo Chara Kelly in Beechmount Avenue.
“Fuaır sıad bás ar son na hÉıreann”, “Ireland unfree will never be at peace”.
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