The coat of arms of Londonderry involves “the picture of death (or a skeleton) on a mossy stone & in the dexter point a castle” below the arms of the city of London. It is here joined by the flags of Britain, Scotland, and the crimson of the Apprentice Boys, as well as two cannons from the walls of Derry.
Hawking Street, in the Fountain, Londonderry
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The portrait of Thomas McElwee – who died on August 8th – rests against the memorial to the deceased 1918 hunger strikers in Rossville Street, Derry. The monument is a decade old.
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A tarp for the 2010 National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Bellaghy threatens to break loose in Lecky Road.
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David Trimble was leader of the UUP and first First Minister of the new Assembly. This Ballybeen graffiti might date back to that period (1998-2005), as the issue of IRA decommissioning led to suspensions of the parliament and Trimble’s own (temporary) stepping-down.
Ballybeen Square, Dundonald
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Five images from of the Twelfth season in Ariclave, with flags flying and kerbstones painted.
Woodend Park, Ardina Road, Mussenden Road x2, Mussenden Grange, St Paul’s Road.
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The six counties of Northern Ireland are presented in the style of military battles or regiments against a Union flag with an Ulster Banner in the middle.
Woodend Park, Articlave
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“John Mitchel 1815 – 1875 After twenty years in exile for the sake of Ireland he returned with honour to die among his own people and he rests with his parents in the 1st Presbyterian old meeting house green at Newry.” Mitchel graduated from Trinity at 19 and became an attorney in Newry and Banbridge before becoming a writer and editor for The Nation (the phrase “England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity” comes from an 1845 article) and then The United Irishman. After 16 editions, he was arrested and convicted of treason and sent to penal colonies in Bermuda and Tasmania. He escaped to the USA, where he was an ardent supporter of slavery. When slavery was abolished, he again took up the cause of Ireland, returned to Ireland, won the Westminster seat for Tipperary but was barred, as a felon, from taking it, and died unexpectedly at age 59 (WP).
John Mitchel Place, Newry
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“I have no prouder boast to say, I am Irish and have been privileged to fight for the Irish people for Ireland. If I have a duty, I will perform it to the full with the unshakable belief that we are a noble race and the chains and bonds have no part in us.” – Francis Hughes. The ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers along with Frank Stagg and Michael Guaghan are featured in this Navan Street, Armagh, mural. In the centre, between the words of Francis Hughes and a “Youth Against H. Block/Armagh” protester are blanket men Hugh Rooney and Freddie Toal.
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Road sign on the Derry Road in Strabane pointing to (London)Derry.
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“Free Derry” graffiti in the underpass between Lecky Road and Barrack Street, Derry.
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