“Everyone has their part to play” – Bobby Sands, pictured along with Che Guevara. “Join Ógra Shınn Féın”.
See previously: Revolution in Belfast.
Glenhull Walk, Omagh
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Revolution
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PSNI Out
These two pieces of graffiti are in the lower part of Stanleys Walk, Derry (below the entrances to Celtic Park. “PSNI Out – INLA” and “Touts out or burned out.”
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Who’s Next?
“Scap. Donaldson. Who’s next???” In May 2003, the IRA’s head of Internal Security, Freddie Scappaticci, was named in the press as an British informer. His denials were accepted by the IRA and he remained in the North. For Denis Donaldson, see Dead Man Walking. These graffiti are at the top of Stanleys Walk, Derry.
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Unsung Heroes
These paste-ups are part of the Bloody Sunday 35th anniversary commemoration and Bluebell Arts ‘Unsung Heroes’ project. (See also Lecky Road Underpass.) First is Rosemary Nelson, the Lurgan solicitor killed by the Red Hand Defenders in 1999. Second is Paddy Doherty, killed on Bloody Sunday. (Both in Lone Moor Road.) Third (in Creggan Road) is Kate Nash, “In the midst of her own grief she kept everybody happy. Nominated by the Bloody Sunday Trust”. Kate’s brother William Nash was killed on Bloody Sunday and their father Alexander injured while trying to help him. Fourth is Jim Wray, killed on Bloody Sunday (in Westland Street). Fifth is Michael McDaid, killed on Bloody Sunday (in Lone Moor Rd).
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Breaking The Boom
An information plaque is added to the “Breaking the boom” mural by Attitude Artwork in Roulston Avenue, Londonderry. This mural shows the Mountjoy in full sail. She was one of the ships which broke the timber boom across the Foyle to relieve the siege in 1689. This is one of a number of murals commemorating the 1689 siege in the Waterside and Fountain areas of the city. The mural was painted by local community artists Dee Logan, Mark Logan and Marty Edwards.” Seen previously in 2003.
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A Regular Battleground
Information boards with photographs from the early Troubles are added along Rossville Street, Derry, for the benefit of tourists, supplementing the People’s Gallery. These three are to Free Derry Corner, Bloody Sunday, and Aggro Corner.
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The Day Innocence Died
Inside the Bloody Sunday Museum, 14 crosses, one for each of the victims on Bloody Sunday (January 30th, 1972), including John Johnston, who died on June 16th.
Glenfada Park, Derry
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SF Out
An “RUC Out” road-sign is modified with “SF [Sınn Féın] out”.
St Columba’s Walk, Derry
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Lecky Road Underpass
This is the scene at the Lecky Road underpass (going up to Barrack Street) in February 2007: above,”SF/RUC scum”, “Kill all cops”, “Vote Peggy O’Hara“, “Israel scum”, with tricoloured supports and light-pole; below, a series of paste-ups to victims of Bloody Sunday (on its 35th anniversary) and others nominated as part of Bluebell Arts’s “Unsung Heroes” project – Willie McKinney (killed on Bloody Sunday), Kevin McElhinney (killed on Bloody Sunday), “Palestinian youth from Balata refugee camp. Despite being denied a homeland, they dare to dream. Nominated by Bluebell Arts”. Here is a gallery of images from the anniversary march (indymedia) with plenty of anti-SF messages on display.
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