Fian Gerald McAuley was shot on Waterville Street by loyalists while helping residents move out of their burned-out homes on Bombay Street during the commencement of the Troubles in 1969 (An Phoblacht). This new board replaces a similar one on the other side of Bombay Street.
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Two images of various “soldiers” from the March For Truth; in the second they are chained up but still carrying arms.
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The Troubles in Belfast began with violence along the interface between the Falls and Shankill in Clonard. Houses in Bombay Street and others (listed in the images above) were burned out and their inhabitants displaced.
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Here are four images of another float in the March For Truth, this one on the issue of Shoot To Kill. In the second panel are six people shot in Lurgan in three incidents in November and December of 1982: Seamus Grew, Roddy Carroll, Michael Tighe, Gervaise McKerr, Sean Burns, Eugene Toman. These would be investigated by the Stalker Inquiry. The third panel shows the killings of (Celtic supporter) Thomas ‘Kidso’ Reilly in St Aidan’s (Private Ian Thain of the Light Infantry Regiment would serve two years for the killing) and of Sean Savage on Gibraltar.
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These two images from the March For Truth concern collusion (and plastic bullets). The large board in the first image (“Murdered by the British state”) gives a list of victims of and attacks (from 1974-1977) by the Glenanne Gang, which operated in Armagh and Tyrone with members from the UVF, RUC, and UDR (WP).
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These images concern the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre and the 1972 Springhill/Westrock Massacre. The demands for inquiries into the British Army killings were among the causes included in the March For Truth. The two painted boards on the lorry are by Mo Chara Kelly.
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The March For Truth was a 2007 event in nationalist west Belfast highlighting a number of related issues: the Ballymurphy and Springhill/Westrock massacres, collusion, and shoot-to-kill; it also commemorated the 1981 hunger strike and the beginning of the Troubles.
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From left to right, the three stones read “We remember all those who played a part in our struggle locally. No part was too great, and none was too small. ‘Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.’ Bobby Sands”, “In proud and loving memory of our dear friends and comrades Vol Sean Dolan, died Oct 1941; Vol Joe McGinley, died Aug 1943; Vol Jim O’Hagan, died 19th Aug 1971; Vol Kieran Fleming, died 2nd Dec 1984; Vol Danny Doherty, died 6th Dec 1984; Vol Gerard Logue, died 22nd Mar 1987. I measc laochra na nGael go raıbh sıad.”, “‘Life springs from death and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations’ Patrick Pearse.” This IRA memorial garden is between Rose and Mimosa courts, off Trench Road, Derry.
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“In memory of Charles Moore, Frank McCarron, Michael McGinley, Bernard [“Barney”] Kelly, Charles McCafferty, who were killed in Annie’s Bar on the 20th December 1972.” The five were killed by two (allegedly) UDA gunmen as they watched soccer in the Top Of The Hill bar. For more, see Pat Finucane Centre.
Update: There were calls in 2017 for the investigation into the killings to be reopened (BBC-NI).
Seen previously in 2003.
Strabane Old Road, Gobnascale, Derry
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UVF graffiti in Sperrin Park, Caw, Londonderry.
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