Cormac’s four-panel cartoon – showing a tricoloured head preaching peace after removing a Union jack gag – was painted twice by Mo Chara. This one is on the Whiterock Road, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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Silhouette of a republican paramilitary holding a Thompson sub-machine-gun, attempting to win freedom for a tricoloured Ireland encircled by barbed wire. Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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A prisoner is menaced by shadows. “No justice for Irish people in British courts – Stop extradition.” Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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IRA mural in Springhill Park, Strabane. For the poster on which the three volunteers are based, see Our Day Will Come.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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These images show a mural nearing completion in Norglen Gardens, Belfast, featuring a Celtic cross and the three republican flags (Tricolour, Sunburst, Starry Plough). “In proud memory of those who gave their lives for Ireland’s freedom. Also to all civilians murdered by the British crown forces. Also to all civilians murdered by pro-British elements.” The listed volunteers (and one Sınn Féın member) are “Martin Forsythe, Martin Skillen, Gerard Fennell, Terence O’Neill, John Dempsey, Sean McDermott, Tom Magill, Sean Savage, Kevin McCracken, Paul Best”. The other mural is of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation.
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Copyright © 1988 Peter Moloney
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“Happy birthday, comrade”. ANC leader Nelson Mandela turned 70 on July 18, 1988. He spent the day, like every birthday since 1963, in prison; he would not be released until 1990, after which apartheid would be dismantled and Mandela become the first President of South Africa. “The future belongs to you.” The colours of the ANC join the colours of the Irish Tricolour as a background to Mandela’s portrait. Painted by Mo Chara Kelly, with the help of “Sınn Féın Youth”.
Leeson Street, west Belfast
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Paint-bombed 1987 image of the 1986 mural at the corner of the Falls Road and Beechmount Avenue, Belfast: “Armed struggle, peoples politics – revolution”.
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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1987 version of the ANC-IRA mural on Beechmount Avenue, Belfast. Benjamin Moloise’s words on the right and the letters “IRA” below the shield have been painted out (perhaps to repair the paint-bombing visible in the 1986 version Tell The World Freedom Is At Hand) but more paint has been thrown over the mural and “UVF” has been spray-painted on.
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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This is the scene at the junction of the Springfield Road with the Whiterock Road and New Barnsley Parade in 1987: kerb-stones painted in green, white, and orange, election posters for Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams (“Working with you”), and “IRA” and “SS RUC” graffiti in the background.
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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An electoral portrait of Sınn Féın candidate Gerry Adams, against a background of green, white, and orange.
Painted by Mo Chara Kelly.
Westrock Drive, west Belfast
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