2005 image of the Civil Rights mural in Rossville Street, Derry, previously seen in 2004 but now with an added “Power To The People” placard in the crowd. (See previously: Power To The People and The Rossport Five.)
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Rossport Five (see previously) mural behind Free Derry Corner on Lecky Road, Derry.
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“Cur stad le cıníochas” [“put an end to racism”] – This WARN (West Against Racism Network) mural puts anti-Irish sentiment (in London 1966 – “No blacks, no dogs, no Irish“) in parallel with racism against modern-day immigrants to Belfast.
International Wall, Divis Street, west Belfast
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Copyright © 2005 Peter Moloney
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A ‘suicide strategy’ for “N of Ireland” languishes in the dustbin of 10 Downing Street, unlike strategies for Scotland, England, and Wales. The mural is produced by “Beechmount Community Youth Project”. To the right are messages to the recently deceased: “In one 2 week period 13 young men in north Belfast took their own lives”, “In one three month period 15 suicides in west Belfast occurred”.
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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“St James community demands the release of the Rossport 5 – boycott Shell’. The Rossport Five were Willie Corduff, brothers Philip and Vincent McGrath, Mıcheál Ó Seıghın, and James Philbin. They were imprisoned in June 2005 for demonstrating contempt of court by interfering with work by Shell on their land in Rossport, Co Mayo. The served 94 days before being released. The ‘green ribbon’, in the top corners, was used in previous years to denote republican prisoners.
Rockmount Street, Belfast
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2004 image of the ‘UN Day For The Eradication Of Poverty’ (October 17th) mural in Dunlewey Street, Belfast, previously seen in 1998. “1/4 of W. Belfast is under 15 yrs”. “12 of 16 most deprived wards are in WB”.
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If this Falls Road, Belfast, stencil is aimed at local audiences (rather than protesting the treatment of minorities by the state – see Institutionalised Racism) it is the first such piece in the Peter Moloney Collection. Sponsored by Ógra Shınn Féın.
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2004 mural by the Bogside Artists called “Civil Rights – The Beginning”, by which they mean the time before Bloody Sunday. See the WP page on the civil rights movement and the extensive page on NICRA, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. The in-progress shot is from 2003.
Rossville Street, Derry
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A skull and cross-bones is given a spray-can hat. “Solvent abuse has consequences: poor concentration, hallucinations, distorted vision, slurred speech, headaches, dizziness, no fun!”
Free Dery Corner, Lecky Road, Derry
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National Front, British National Party (two far-right political parties), and UFF graffiti in Artillery Street, Londonderry
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