“His only crime was fighting for human rights without violence – Say a little prayer today for Martin Luther King and the Bloody Sunday victims”. A poster of MLK is placed at the base of the Bloody Sunday memorial in Joseph Place, Derry. He was shot in Memphis on April 4th, 1968. The phrase “his only crime” is used by loyalists in the phrase “his only crime was loyalty”, which dates back (at least) to home rule.
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Annette McGavigan, aged 14 years, was shot up Westland Street, at Blucher Street in 1971, the first child to be killed in the Troubles. Here are two in-progress shots from 1999 and the finished product in 2000.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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“We remain what we are – political prisoners of war.” The words of 1981 hunger striker Bobby Sands are used in support of contemporary (2003) republican prisoners. Long Kesh is on the left, Maghaberry is on the right.
Iniscarn Drive, Derry
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“Tıocfaidh ár lá” [“our day will come”] – This Provo land is in Creggan, Derry, behind Central Drive. Previous Provo lands: Clonard | Beechmount.
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Republican graffiti in Central Drive, Derry, demanding political status for prisoners in Maghaberry. Previously seen in 2001.
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Michael Quigley, IRA, was shot dead at age 19 by the British Army during a riot in Creggan, Derry, in 1972, near the spot of this memorial plaque in Central Drive.
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Republican graffiti on the side of a burnt-out Super Valu lorry container.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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Three INLA volunteers are commemorated on this Rossville Street, Derry, plaque. 18 year-old Colm McNutt was shot by an undercover SAS officer during a botched hijacking, tipped off by best friend and informer Raymond Gilmour (Irish News). A drunken Phelan was shot by an off-duty NYPD officer in New York, nine years after leaving the country (LA Times | NY Times). McShane was run over and crushed by a British APC during riots against the treatment of Catholics during the Drumcree standoff (RN). “Thıg leo an réabhlóıdeach a mharú, ach ní thıg leo an réabhlóıd a mharú choíche.” [They can kill the revolutionary but they can never kill the revolution.]
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Here are 2003 images, including close-ups, of the YCV-UVF-RHC board in Dennet Gardens, Londonderry, previously seen in 1998.
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December 2017 saw the 45th anniversary of the attack by loyalist gunmen on Annie’s Bar in the Top Of The Hill area of the Waterside (Derry Journal). Four Catholics and a Protestant were killed. “In memory of Charles Moore, Frank McCarron, Michael McGinley, Bernard Kelly, Charles McCafferty who were killed in Annie’s Bar on the 20th December 1972.”
Strabane Old Road, Gobnascale, Derry
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