“Easter 1916-1991. 75 years of struggle. Join in the fight”.
Falls Road, Belfast
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75 Years Of Struggle
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King Michael Stone I
Michael Stone, who killed three mourners at the funerals of the Gibraltar 3 in Milltown Cemetery in 1988 (16th March) takes the place of King William III, riding his horse and pointing the way. “You’ve heard of King William III … Now meet King Michael Stone I”.
Kennedy Place, the Fountain, Londonderry.
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Who Fears To Speak Of Easter Week
Two images of a mural for the 75th anniversary of the Easter Rising (éirí amach na Casca 1916-1991) by Mo Chara Kelly, who recreates a piece by Robert Ballagh showing the signatories of the Proclamation (and Countess Markievicz) with raised fists (included below). A phoenix is added, above. Glenalina Road/Whiterock Road, Belfast.
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Bobby Sands Saoirse
Memorial to Bobby Sands, with phoenix above (painted by Mo Chara Kelly) in Jasmine Way/Juniper Park, Twinbrook, next to Sands’s home. Two volunteers in reflective pose would later be added by local youths.
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Free Ireland
1991 image of the Free Ireland mural on Beechmount Avenue (RPG Avenue), Belfast, with two shots of the side wall. At the top, a stencilled board reads “Release Mark Prior, Liam Coogan, Jim McCabe, Kev Mulholland – these boys are innocent.” (The “Beechmount Five”. See Greenleft News) At the bottom, Pearse’s famous lines “The fools, the fools, they have left us our Fenian dead and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.”
For a close-up of the IRA plaque, see 1990’s Free Ireland.
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Welcome To The West Bank
A reference to one of the Israeli-occupied territories. With “IRA” and “BRY” (Bogside Republican Youth) graffiti. The plaque in the centre is the memorial to Charles Love.
Glenfada Park, Bogside, Derry
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GRY
Francis Hughes and the Tricolour, Starry Plough, and Sunburst flags. “GRY” perhaps for “Gobnascale Republican Youth”.
Gobnascale, Derry.
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Roll Of Honour
A short IRA roll of honour on Strabane Old Road, Gobnascale, Derry: James O’Hagan, Ciaran Fleming/Flemming, Willie Fleming/Flemming, and (scored out?) Gerry Logue.
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Up The RA
Republican graffiti in Lecky Road, Derry.
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Charles Love
“In memory of Charles Love, accidentally killed on 28th January 1990. Unveiled by his father Patrick. Erected by the Bloody Sunday Initiative 27th January 1991. Padre Pio pray for him.” Love was 17 years old when he was hit by flying masonry from an IRA bomb. Fahan Street/Rossville Street, Derry. The lettering from RUC Keep Out is still faintly visible.
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