The previous mural (Sieze Power) can still be seen in the lower left-hand corner of this unfinished mural in Springhill Park, Strabane. The volunteer on the right appears to be holding (uniquely in north of Ireland muraling) not a rifle but a walkie-talkie or perhaps a radio control device for an explosive. The mural attempts to recreate a painting by Lucas Quigley from 1989 (below), here given the same title – “Guerilla Days In Ireland” – which was used for Danny D’s earlier poster (muralised in Derry and in Belfast) (and which was also the name of Tom Barry’s account of the War Of Independence).

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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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