Tricolour and Sunburst flags with a simplified version of the Sınn Féın logo. Above can be seen an old graffiti: “Damn your concessions, England; we demand political status.”
Springhill Avenue, Belfast
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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Here is a badly damaged, latter-day version of a mural we first saw in 1981: Venceremos.
Slemish Way, Andersonstown, west Belfast
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Copyright © 1986 Peter Moloney
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Two shamrocks join the Tricolour and Sunburst flags on either side of a Fıan wearing sunglasses and beret. Bligh’s Gardens, Derry
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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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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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This two-part mural in Forest Street, Belfast, features (left) a Sunburst and a Starry Plough on either side of two volunteers who are watching the sun rise/set and (right) “Struggle for freedom” below an outline of the island against the green-white-and-gold stripes of the tricolour.
This mural dates back to 1981.
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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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A volunteer in balaclava and beret with his hands in the pockets of his bomber jacket, against a sunburst.
Rossville Street, Bogside, Derry
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Copyright © 1983 Peter Moloney
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A Latin cross, rather than a Cetlic cross, flies two tricolours in honour of the ten deceased hunger strikers: Bobby Sands “M.P.”, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, Patsy O’Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty “T.D.”, Tom McElwee, and Michael Devine. Park Avenue, Derry
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Copyright © 1983 Peter Moloney
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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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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
M00193
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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