A paint-bombed and graffiti’ed 1986 version of 1981’s The Final Salute.
Rockville Street, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1986 Peter Moloney
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The Final Salute
phoenix
In Proud And Loving Memory Of Derry’s Dead Volunteers
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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Murdered By The Crown
This is a 1985 image of a 1981 mural featured previously. The side-wall to the left had not been painted in 1981 — see There Is An Inner Thing In Every Man.
Blucher Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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Firing Party
They Demand These Rights
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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Victory To The Hunger Strikers
A golden phoenix rises from burning coals “carrying” the Irish Tricolour and a Sunburst flag. Above it are posters of the ten hunger strikers.
Drumleck Drive, Shantallow, Derry
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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney
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Survivor
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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Phoenix Rising
Rossville St, Derry. For this mural in 1981 see Eire Nua.
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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney
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Phoenix Firing Party
Volunteers with raised rifles on either side of a phoenix.
Rossville Street, Derry.
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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney
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Our Fetters Rent In Twain
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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Peter Moloney Collection 