“UK no way – IRA” and “Free the Craigavon 2” graffiti on the walls of the old Derry city/Nailor’s Row.
M09423 M0422
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
UK No Way
graffiti/writing
I Am Not An Ulsterman
“I am not an Ulsterman [but] yesterday, the 1st of July 1916, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world.” The words of Captain Wilfrid (here given as “Wilfred”) Spender replace a Steeple Defenders board that has presumably fallen into disrepair alongside a board showing a soldier from the 36th Division running through no-man’s land (both seen previously in 2003 and 2009).
For a fuller quote, see X04435 from south Belfast.
M09328 [M09329] [M09330]
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
Young Guns
This is a selection of small UDA boards and graffiti from the lower section of Parkhall estate in Antrim. The 90th anniversary board was seen previously in 2009.
Donegore Road, Oriel Park, Fountain Hill, Kilbeg Walk
M09288 M09287
M09285 M09286
M09306 M09307
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
RIP Dolours Price
Dolours Price died on January 23rd, in Malahide, apparently from an overdose or adverse mixture of medications. Price had served seven years of a twenty-year sentence for the 1973 car bombing of the Old Bailey in London, during which she went on hunger strike and was force fed (WP). She was the sister of Marian Price; both were IRA volunteers. See previously (from 1974): Bring Home The Winchester 8.
Nailor’s Row, Derry
M09213
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
BRY Rule
“BRAG” is “Bogside Republican Action Group” and “BRY” is “Bogside Republican Youth”; the rest of the writing seems to be initials/signatures. See previously: BRY Petrol Bombers. (The petrol bomb was long ago a symbol of Ógra Shinn Féin (J2182).)
M09150
Lecky Road, Derry
Copyright © 2012 Peter Moloney
Freedom First
Five small éirígí (web) pieces of graffiti and stenciling from Creeslough Park (at the corner with Lenadoon Avenue), Belfast. The stencils are of James Connolly (“We defy you! Do your worst!”) and the 3-in-1 figure combining police (“RUC-PSNI – different name, same aim”), Orange Order, and paramilitary.
M09129 M09130 M09131 M09132 M09133
Copyright © 2012 Peter Moloney
In Memory Of Our Forefathers
The Ulster Volunteers of 1912 joined the 36th Division of WWI. After the war, many of them joined the B Specials, which was disbanded in 1970 and the UDR created. The modern UVF was formed in 1965. There is a Willowfield UVF memorial garden in Cherryville St (M04070).
Ardenvohr Street, Belfast.
M08953
Copyright © 2012 Peter Moloney
Nothing Lasts Forever
“Nothing lasts forever, so cheer up 2 fuck.” Life advice in Londonderry.
Distillery Brae in the Waterside.
M08835
Copyright © 2012 Peter Moloney
IRA Are Back!
Anti-Agreement republican graffiti and heavily-vandalised board listing the faults of the PSNI. “End British policing in Ireland – intimidation, sectarianism, 28 day detention, corruption, child assaults, evidence tampering. http://www.32csm.info [now 32csm.org]”
Lecky Road/Durrow Park, Derry
M08665 M08666 M08706
Copyright © 2012 Peter Moloney
Free The Lower Shankill Six!
“Free the lower Shankill six! Send our prisoners home.” The reference is perhaps to six fellas arrested for stealing pallets.
Graffiti in Hopewell Crescent, on the wall where the Play mural was previously.
M08639
Copyright © 2012 Peter Moloney
peter moloney collection 