A lark (?) breaks down the bars and barbed wire of a prison.
Donore Court, New Lodge, north Belfast
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Free The POWs
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Long Kesh viewed through a keyhole, with green ribbons from the campaign to free republican prisoners. “The mural was donated by New Lodge RAC [Relatives Action Committee]”.
(Here is the same mural in 1997.)
Donore Court, Belfast
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The Heroes Of 1916
Cú Chulaınn and an Easter Rising volunteer form “a tribute to the heroes of 1916”: “We … declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.” (From the Proclamation.)
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An tOcras Mór
Four people in rags search for potatoes in a field, with abandoned houses in the background. A mural commemorating the Great Hunger, based on images from the reports of London Illustrated, on the New Lodge Road.
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Sınn Féın Peace Action Monitor
Two larger boards on the second storey of the Sınn Féın office on the Falls Road. On the left: “If you are harassed, intimidated or victimized by British Army or RUC, contact your local Sınn Féın”, “Demilitarise now!” On the right: the “Slán Abhaıle” image with “Saoırse – Free the political prisoners”, and “Dea mhéın dár dtacaıthe go leır óna cıme cogaıdh” with a list of “Clonard/Lr Falls” POWs.
For the smaller boards on the first floor, see Unlock The Door To Peace.
Falls Road, west Belfast
The image was also produced in the Short Strand (east Belfast), in Ardoyne (north Belfast), on Free Derry Corner, in Shantallow (Derry), and in Letterkenny.
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No Justice – No Peace
“No justice – no peace” and “Clegg out – all out”. An image from the end of the camera-roll. Somewhere on the Falls Road.
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Justice For All
Two images of graffiti from Dunlewey Street, Belfast: “Justice for all”, “Free our POWs now!”, and “Clegg out, all out”. For a bit more about Lee Clegg, see 1 Out , All Out.
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Hunger Games
Queen Victoria and entourage paddle along the Irish shore at the end of the Great Hunger. (Here are one | two discussions of her visit and (un)involvement with famine relief.) Work by Rosie McGurran (Fb) in the old Linden Street, west Belfast.
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Mick O’Brien
More graffiti urging the transfer of republican prisoners from English jails. Mick O’Brien was jailed for his part in the killing of North Yorkshire Constable Glen Goodman in 1992. He was moved to Portlaoise and released in 1998. (An Phoblacht interview | Irish Times). “Mick O’Brien on the blanket in an English jail – transfer him now”, “Stop the torture of Irish POWs in English jails.”
Linden Street and McQuillan Street, west Belfast
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Paddy Kelly
IRA man Paddy Kelly developed skin cancer while being held in Whitemoor. From there he was transferred to Maghaberry and then to Portlaoise. He died in 1997 (Irish Times | An Phoblacht biography). Graffiti on the Falls Road and Cavendish Street, Belfast, calling for his release and the transfer of POWs.
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