“The extradition party – Sell Dublin or London Republican Prisoners.” Graffiti in Springhill Park, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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SDLP The Extradition Party
electoral
Beıdh Ár Lá Lınn
Paint-bombed 1990 version of 1989’s Beıdh Ár Lá Lınn, with “Vote Sınn Féın – June 15th” (perhaps from the 1989 European Election) and “Tıocfaidh ar lá” on the main road.
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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Oppose Censorship – Springhill
A Cormac cartoon protesting British censorship of Sınn Féın is rendered as a mural by Mo Chara Kelly. Richard May ran (unsuccessfully) for election to Belfast City Council in 1989.
Springhill Avenue, west Belfast.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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Fight Back
A British paratrooper (with distinctive red beret) is hit by a falling box of ballots with Sinn Féin getting the top four preferences. Another Cormac cartoon painted as a mural by Mo Chara. For the yard wall, see Arms At The Ready.
Whiterock Road x Springfield Road, west Belfast.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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Freedom Justice Peace
A Sınn Féın mural showing a dove (in a circle) carrying a tricoloured ribbon.
Ballycolman estate, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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Sınn Féın
The Sınn Féın lettering writ large in Creggan Heights, Derry (with the island of Ireland as a background, though this cannot be seen in the image above). The image below gives a much better sense of what the mural looked like under ordinary lighting.
See also All-Ireland Army, which was at the far end of this block of houses, at the junction with Linsfort Drive,
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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Vote Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin election writing on the outside wall on the City Cemetery, Whiterock Road, Belfast. In the distance can be seen The West Has The Best.
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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The West Has The Best
Writing on the Whiterock Road, Belfast: “The west has the best – vote Sınn Féın – vote Adams X”.
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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Vote Adams X
Gerry Adams’s portrait is painted (by Mo Chara Kelly) on a Tricolour occupying an advertising hoarding on the Springfield Road, Belfast. There is also “Smash H Block” and “Sınn Féın” graffiti on the wall below.
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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SAS Scum
“SAS Scum” and “PIRA” are the last panels on the wall on the upper Whiterock Road, Belfast. For the others in the wide shot, below, see RPG | Victory To The IRA | IRA 87 | Say No To Dr. Joe.
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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