“UVF UFF Orange bastards”, “PSNI scum”, and other republican graffiti, somewhere on the Springfield Road, Belfast.
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Orange Bastards
physical force
Silence = Complicity
Three images of IRPWA graffiti outside the Royal Hospital on the Falls Road, Belfast: “End the blanket torture of republican POWs – Portlaoise * Maghaberry * England”, “Support the POWs protest Sat Aug 10th 2pm Whiterock Road POW mural”, and “Protest 4 POW status. If you care – you’ll be there “Silence = Complicity” IRPWA.”
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1981 Roll Of Honour
The names of the ten deceased 1918 hunger strikers, and the lengths of their fasts and paramilitary affiliation (IRA or INLA), are recorded in tricoloured lettering on a board in Westland Street, Derry. (Just cut off above is an (R)IRA–Celtic board – see below X05516.)
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UTRA
“Fuck the hoods” and “Up the [I]RA”. Republican graffiti in Lecky Road, Derry.
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Free The POWs
A vintage ‘green ribbon’ from the campaign (from the mid- to late-1990s) to release republican POWs, still high up on a Falls Road, Belfast, wall. Just out of shot to the left: The Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing.
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Deceased Republican Prisoners
These Bombay Street plaques are “in loving memory of the deceased republican prisoners from the greater Clonard area.” In later years, an additional plaque would be added to the left of 1921-1922 prisoners.
Bombay Street, west Belfast
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Never Again
In August, 1969, families, mostly Catholic, were driven out and their homes burned in Bombay Street (and surrounding streets), between the Falls and Shankill. RTÉ news report | CultureNI on a Red Barn Gallery exhibition of photographs. The defenselessness of the community then is reflected in the urging for “No decommission” in the present. Fıan Gerard McAuley (aged 15) was shot in nearby Waterville Street.
Bombay Street, west Belfast
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Remember Bloody Sunday
A dove/lark in celtic style and the oak-leaf representing the city of Derry comprise the emblem of Bloody Sunday, January 30th, 1972. See previously: Bloody Sunday ’72 | Domhnach Na Fola
Rossville Street, Derry
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Sean Downes
“Sean [aka John] Downes, age 22, murdered at this location by the RUC on the 12/8/84. Victim of state violence.” Downes was hit at close range by a plastic bullet outside Connolly House on the Andersonstown Road, Belfast during an attempt by police to arrest NORAID‘s Martin Galvin. Reserve Constable Nigel Hegarty was charged with manslaughter but was cleared.
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Not An Ounce, Not A Bullet
Two pieces of republican graffiti in Lenadoon: “Not an ounce, not a bullet” (i.e. against decommissioning) and “Remember ’69’ – never again”.
Lenadoon Avenue, Belfast
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