Republican graffiti in Strabane Old Road, Gobnascale, Derry.
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Copyright © 2007 Peter Moloney
M03640
Glory To The IRA
graffiti/writing
A Vote For SF Is A Vote For The RUC
“Brits out – not sellout”, “SF/RUC”, and “A vote for SF [Sınn Féın] is a vote for the RUC” (a reference to Sınn Féın’s decision to takes its seats on the PSNI policing board in 2007).
Lecky Road, Derry
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M03618
Women Unfree Shall Never Be At Peace
Pearse’s famous “Ireland unfree …” is modified to become “Women unfree shall never be at peace” alongside a combined anarchist and female (Venus) symbol. With the rejoinder: “Fuck up and make the tea!”
Northland Road, Derry
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Copyright © 2007 Peter Moloney
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Brigadier Billy Wright
This memorial plaque is “in memory of [LVF] Brigadier Billy Wright (King Rat)”. Wright was killed in the Maze in December 1997 by members of the INLA (neither the INLA or LVF were on ceasefire).
Both the plaque and the LVF graffiti are in Kilcoole Drive, Dungannon.
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Copyright © 2007 Peter Moloney
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REM 1690
Scenes from the junction of the Tullgrawley, Shellinghill, Ballywatermoy, and Cladytown roads north of Ballymena and Cullybackey.
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SF – MI5 Out!
Anti-Sınn Féın graffiti in Blucher Street, Derry.
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Taigs Out
This piece of anti-Catholic graffiti would be unexceptional were it not for the fact that it is on the parochial house of a Catholic church, Our Lady’s in Harryville (“the place that time forgot“), Ballymena, site of protests and riots in the mid- to late-1990s (Independent 1996 | Irish Times 1999 | BelTel).
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If Pigs Could Fly
“If pigs could fly, Strand Road police station would be an airport.” Humour in Wapping Lane, Londonderry.
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PSNI Out
These two pieces of graffiti are in the lower part of Stanleys Walk, Derry (below the entrances to Celtic Park. “PSNI Out – INLA” and “Touts out or burned out.”
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Who’s Next?
“Scap. Donaldson. Who’s next???” In May 2003, the IRA’s head of Internal Security, Freddie Scappaticci, was named in the press as an British informer. His denials were accepted by the IRA and he remained in the North. For Denis Donaldson, see Dead Man Walking. These graffiti are at the top of Stanleys Walk, Derry.
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