Republican Sınn Féın split from Provisional Sınn Féın in 1986 over clause 1b of the party’s constitution which forbade Sınn Féın members from taking seats in the Dáil. It is now the political wing of the Continuity IRA.
Iveagh Parade, west Belfast
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A plaque and info board are added alongside the updated Nora McCabe/plastic bullet mural in Islandbawn Street, Belfast: “This mural is dedicated to Norah McCabe and all the victims murdered by rubber & plastic bullets used by the RUC & British Army. Sponsored by the Troops Out Movement & was unveiled on behalf of Relatives For Justice by Mary Pearson 11/09/05.” “Tá an múr-ealaın seo tíomnaıthe do Norah McCabe agus do no hıobartaıgh uılıg maraıthe agus gortıathe le pıléır rubaır agus plaısteacha ag an RUC agus ag Arm na Breataıne. Tá an múr-ealaın seo urraıthe ag Troops Out Movement agus nochtadh é thar cheann Relatives For Justice ag Mary Pearson ar 11/09/05.”
(2001 with original plaque | 2003 without original plaque)
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Seán Kelly, one of the bombers of Frizzell’s fish shop in 1993, was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement but returned to jail in June 2005 by NI Secretary Peter Hain. He would be released a month later.
Falls Road, west Belfast
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“I ndıl cuımhne [chuımhne] ar Neil McCrory a fuaır bás an trıú lá de Shámhaın 1976 ı laımhe dılseoırí [at the hands of loyalists]. Dedicated to the memory of Fıan Neil McCrory murdered 3rd November 1976. Scouts of Na Fıanna a band o’er the nation/May every home greet you with joy and delight/May God give you strength for to love him and Ireland/And when the day comes gives you courage to fight.”
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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Another Seán Kelly board, this one in Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast, with Continuity IRA graffiti below.
There is a Visual History page of this wall, as it is the most frequently muraled wall in Belfast.
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“Interned 05.” Seán Kelly, one of the bombers of Frizzell’s fish shop in 1993, was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement but returned to jail in June 2005 by NI Secretary Peter Hain. He would be released a month later.
Beechview Park, west Belfast
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This is a Whiterock Road, Belfast, mural to three IRA volunteers and six other local activists. Clockwise from bottom left: Annie Adams, Rosaleen Russell, Liam Mulholland, Billy Carson (also shown kneeling; killed by the UDA in 1979), Liam McParland (also standing, right; leader of the (pre-split) IRA in Ballymurphy, died in a car crash on 6 November 1969), Sean Doyle (also standing, left; perhaps from 1944 despite the assault rifle), Frankie Toner, Kathleen Moore, Gerry Campbell. There are Christmas lights in the centre of the wall.
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“Dedicated to Vols Bobby McCrudden, Mundo O’Rawe, Pearse Jordan. In passing this mural pause a little while, pray for us and erin, then smile.” Ballymurphy mural to three local PIRA volunteers. O’Rawe’s pose (in the centre) perhaps owes something to the poster for the 1996 film Michael Collins. The plaque reads “I ndíl [sic] chuímhne [sic] Oglach [sic] Edward ‘Mundo’ O’Rawe, Oglach [sic] Robert McCrudden, Oglach [sic] Pearse Jordan Who gave their lives for Ireland’s freedom.”
Divismore Crescent, west Belfast
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A (republican) prisoner behind bars, in Divismore Park, west Belfast.
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Moyard Parade, Belfast is renamed Bóthar Mháırtín Hurson/Martin Hurson Road in honour of the deceased 1981 hunger striker, who died after 46 days due to being unable to retain water. His street-sign is given an óglaıgh na hÉıreann border.
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