The police station in Cullaville Road, Crossmaglen gets a new sign. The watchtower on the station (such as appears in Demilitarise and other boards) would be taken down in 2007 (RTÉ).
Previously: the new PSNI emblem on the station in Strand Road, London-/Derry in 2004.
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Here are three nail-ups from Newry Road, Crossmaglen. The first shows hooded IRA volunteers in front of Starry Plough and Sunburst flags on pikes (symbol of the 1798 Rebellion). The second shows crossed pikes and crossed rifles. The third calls for British Army bases to be demilitarised.
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These three images are from the electricity pole at the edge of the graveyard on Newry Road, Crossmaglen. First is a south Armagh IRA roll of honour, listing 20 volunteers’ names: McVerry, Boyle, Jordan, Campbell, Lochrie, McKiernan, Cleary, Harvey, McElvenna, Caherty, McCreesh, Moley, Caraher (Fergal and Francie), Duffy, Martin, Daly, Watters, Toner, and Rogers.
Second, on the back of the poles, “Caution – radiation area” refers to anomalies in animal births, allegedly due to radiation from British Army towers (An Phoblacht | Daily Ireland). There’s also a flyer protesting “political policing – democracy under attack”.
Finally, a Calor gas is modified with republican graffiti: “Built by robots, flown by dummies, taken out by 2nd Batt. barrack-busters.” The incident celebrated is a 1994 IRA mortar attack on a British Army helicopter at the Crossmaglen barracks (CAIN | WP page on the incident). The mortar used a Calor Gas tube, though not the one shown here (WP page on the mortar).
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This is the republican memorial in the centre of Crossmaglen (in Cearnóg An Chaırdıneıl Ó Fıaıch). The monument was produced by Yann Goulet, the same sculptor who did the memorial at Ballyseedy, and like that work, this one depicts a young man striding forward in anger and anguish, though in this case he arises from a phoenix.
“Glóıre daoıḃse a laoċra uṁla cróga a d’ḟulaıng le fonn ar ṁéad ḃur ngrá fıal ar ṡaoırse na hÉıreann.” “Glory to you all praised and humble heroes who have willingly suffered for your unselfish and passionate love of Irish freedom.”
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The IRA has no official flag and thus the Irish Tricolour serves the purpose. Here it stands between the Gal Gréine (Sunburst) of the Fianna (junior IRA) and the Starry Plough of Irish socialist groups, with the four provinces to the right.
Second Avenue, Derrybeg, Newry
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“Déanann Poblachtánaıgh An Iúır cuımhne ar an óglach Réamann Mac Raoıs.” [Newry republicans remember volunteer Raymond McCreesh]
IRA volunteer Raymond McCreesh – born in Camlough – was arrested in the aftermath of an attack on a British Army observation post in 1976. He joined the blanket protest and then the hunger strike; he died after 61 days on May 21st, 1981.
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Liam Mellows was commander of the Western Division of the Irish Volunteers during the Rising and anti-Treaty Sınn Féın TD executed by firing squad in December 1922. Sınn Féın was founded in 1905 (see previously one | two) but this is an anti-Agreement board.
Next to the Mellows board is South Down PIRA graffiti (seen previously in 2001) and the flags of Palestine and Lebanon. All three images are from the junction of Carnagat Road and Camlough Road in Newry.
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This vintage mural was in Kilcoo, Co Down. It seems that an Easter lily was paint-bombed and graffitied over with “IRA” and “saoırse” stencils.
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“Human rights, democratic rights, civil rights. The civil, human, and democratic rights were taken away from these people by violent republicans IRA, INLA, RIRA – let us not forget” the victims of attacks at Claudy, La Mon, Tee Bane, Enniskillen, Bloody Friday, Omagh, Shankill, Darkley. “You cannot ask for freedom, when you take our freedom away/You cannot ask for justice, when you murder day by day/You told the world your story, you lied at every turn/You never said your sorry, for the terrible deeds you done.”
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These images show the political pieces on the back wall of the site of the old Andersonstown RUC barracks at the junction of the Glen Road and Falls Road. Fıan John Dempsey (memorialised elsewhere); Sınn Féın using a quote from Mao; graffiti supporting Palestine and the Basque Country; a hunger strikers memorial; graffiti equating Israel and the Nazis.
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