phoenix

In Proud And Loving Memory Of Derry’s Dead Volunteers

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M00313 Bligh's Gdns 1985+

Derry volunteers who died between 1970 and 1982 are commemorated in this Derry mural. Their names are listed on scrolls on either side of a phoenix. Thomas McCool, Thomas Carlin, Joseph Coyle, Eamonn Lafferty, James O’Hagen, Gerry Donaghy, Colm Keenan, Eugene McGillan, John Starrs, James Bradley, Michael Quigley, John Brady, James Carr, James McDaid, Joe Walker, Gerard Craig, David Russell, Michael Meenan, John McDaid, Ethel Lynch, Bernard Coyle, Dennis Heaney, Patrick Duffy, George McBrearty, Charles Maguire, Eamon Bradley, Phil McDonnell

Bligh’s Gardens, Derry

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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They Demand These Rights

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M00195 Central Dr 1982+

M00196 Central Dr 1982+

The ten hunger strikers and the five demands, on either side of a phoenix with Sunburst and Tricolour:

“Bobby Sands; Francis Hughes; Raymond McCreesh; Patsy O’Hara; Joe McDonnell; Martin Hurson; Kevin Lynch; Kieran Dohery; Thomas McElwee; Michael Devine”

“No prison uniform; no prison work; free associaiton; letters, parcels, visits; full remission: as prisoners of war they demand these rights”

Central Drive, Creggan, Derry

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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney
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Survivor

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M00192 Anne St 1982+

The mural above, painted in 1981, still (2015) exists as is and is thus the oldest original mural in the north. It shows a phoenix rising from the shields of the four provinces and a stand of three flags: Starry Plough, Tricolour, and Sunburst.

Anne Street/Glenanne, Brandywell, Derry

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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney
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Our Fetters Rent In Twain

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M00223+

A phoenix rises from a pair of disembodied hands tearing apart an “H” made of brick, illustrating the lines “and then I prayed I yet might see/our fetters rent in twain/and Ireland long a province be/a nation once again”. Also with the lark in barbed wire, four provinces, and names of six hunger strikers: Bobby Sands MP, Francis Hughes, Ray McCreesh, Patsy O’Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson. Falls Road in Andersonstown, Belfast.

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Copyright © 1981 LC
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The People Arose In 69

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M00217+

This is the oldest continuously maintained mural in Belfast. It was touched up in 1987 and 1990, and was repainted in 2013. It features a central phoenix and the shields of the four provinces, and two rhyming couplets: The people arose in 69/they will do it again at any time. Maggie Thatcher think again/don’t let our brave men die in vain.

Clowney Street, Beechmount, west Belfast.

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Copyright © 1981 LC
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