This meta-mural shows mural artists working on portraits of “the 1982 Mill Committee, including Tom Cahill, Alfie Hannaway, Frank Cahill, Sean O’Neil, Jimmy Drumm and Liam Burke.” (CAIN #1808) Des Wilson’s portrait is on the right.
Conway Street, west Belfast
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Copyright © 2003 Peter Moloney
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Jimbo Irvine (age 42) and Hugo Brannigan (62) were killed in the Morning Star (men’s hostel) fire on 12 February 2002.
Springfield Road, Belfast
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Copyright © 2002 Peter Moloney
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“Doıre” means “oak grove” and the oak leaf is the symbol of Derry city.
Westland Street, Bogside, Derry
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Copyright © 2002 Peter Moloney
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This pair of murals, on the New Lodge Road, Belfast, contrasts life for young people in the “1900s” to life in “2000”. Instead of working (and dying – in the headlines from the Irish News) in mills, they work in fast-food restaurants and drive black taxis (and suffer unemployment, suicide, and anorexia – again, in the newspaper), and instead of playing in the streets and wrapping themselves in blankets, they sit on walls and drink.
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Copyright © 2002 Peter Moloney
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“In memory of the taxi drivers who lost their lives.” The gates of Milltown cemetery and the Andersonstown RUC base flank a black taxi beneath a celtic cross. Shiels Street, Belfast.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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Joe Hughes was confined to a wheelchair and could not speak or properly use his hands. Nonetheless, he became a boy scout, visited Lourdes and Rome, and raised thousands of pounds for disability causes. He was awarded an MBE and a People Of The Year award. The board includes a poem by Brian Smeaton and a biography of Joe.
Beechview Park, west Belfast
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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Here are two parts (of what were at least three) of a long mural in Henry Street. Shown here are rioting outside McGurk’s Bar (see Campaign For Truth) and belongings being moved from a burning home.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
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“Welcome to Fresh-water-well [Brandywell]”, with a 25th anniversary poster for the Battle of the Bogside with Clive Limpkin’s Petrol Bomber. The floodlights of the stadium can be seen in the background on the right.
Lecky Road, Brandywell, Derry
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Copyright © 1994 Peter Moloney
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Five small murals pretending to be photographs in an album. A child holds a board, two men in coats stand talking, girls’ faces, two boys play chasies around the Bloody Sunday Memorial, a show of hands.
Meenan Square, Bogside, Derry
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Copyright © 1993 Peter Moloney
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Lecky Road in the black-and-white of previous years, with children playing handball against the “Free Derry” wall and swinging from a lamp-pole, side-by-side with a colourful Lecky Road of the present, where they play soccer and sit at computers.
Meenan Square, Bogside, Derry
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Copyright © 1993 Peter Moloney
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