“LVPW” [Loyalist Volunteer Prisoners’ Welfare] is modified by the rival UVF to become “DVPW” – “D” for “drugs”.
Montague Street, Portadown
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05398
LVPW
graffiti/writing
Welcome To Boyne Square
Welcome to loyalist Boyne Square in Larne. Herbert Street.
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05349
Political Wing Of RUC
“Sinn Fein [Féin] Political Wing Of RUC”, “Free Kilwikilie”, “Free all POWs”, “KRY” [Kilwilkie Republican Youth], “Republican Network For Unity”, in Levin Road, Lurgan.
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05327
Free The People
“Free the people – north Armagh selective inter[n]ment – trial by media”, “KRY” [Kilwilkie Republican Youth]. Graffiti over an old mural of the Long Kesh watch-towers.
Levin Road, Lurgan
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05326 [M05325]
CIRA/PIRA
“CIRA” (continuity) is converted to “PIRA” (provisional) and “RSF” becomes “SF” in a war of letters among Kilwilkie republicans, including the Republican Network For Unity.
Levin Road, Lurgan
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05322
Sınn Féın Scum
Republican graffiti off Lake Street, Lurgan, against Sınn Féın and pro-CIRA.
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05320 [M05319]
Free Kilwilkie
Kilwilkie Republican Youth graffiti off Lake Street, Lurgan in imitation of “Free Derry” and “Free Belfast”.
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05318
Rem. King Rat
“King Rat” was Billy Wright, leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force, which split from the (Mid-Ulster) UVF during the peace process. Wright was killed in prison in 1997 by the INLA.
(somewhere on) Mourneview Avenue, Lurgan
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05300
26 + 6 = 1
“26 + 6 = 1 Freedom” [26 counties of the Republic + 6 counties of Northern Ireland = 1 Ireland]. Graffiti behind the Bogside Inn, Derry.
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05298
IRA
“IRA” on an electrical box in Trea Gardens, Toome.
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Moloney
M05248
Peter Moloney Collection 