An Easter lily and a Tricolour. Below is a line drawing of a British soldier, “Resist oppression” has replaced “Resist British bully boys“. Homer Sykes has an image from the bottom of (the old) Stanley’s Walk.
Stanley’s Walk, Derry
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Copyright © 1975 Peter Moloney
M00139
Graffiti and crude drawings on the cemetery wall: a volunteer, “(P)IRA”, flags, “Freedom 75”
See previously Easter 1916-1972
Iniscarn Crescent, Derry
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Copyright © 1975 Peter Moloney
M00009
Republican graffiti in Westland Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1974 Peter Moloney
M02078
“IRA Provos” and exuberant kids next to a wall that would later be a prime site for murals, from 1984 onward.
Westland Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1974 Peter Moloney
M02117
Sınn Féın Centre, “Kandy Korner”, “Up the IRA” and a tricolour in the window.
Westland [“Westend”?] Terrace, Derry
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Copyright © 1974 Peter Moloney
M02114 (see also M02113 of the same building in 1972)
“Paras Out”, “What about Sargeant Whitelock?”, “The laundry man thought he was smart but he got a bullet in the heart”, “Join your local IRA”, “Army out”, “No queen”, “Join the army and kill”, “Up the IRA”.
Racecourse Road, Derry
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Copyright © 1974 Peter Moloney
M00028
The “Winchester 8” were 8 of 10 republicans arrested for car bombings of the Old Bailey and Ministry Of Agriculture in London in March 1973 and, because of the damage caused to the Old Bailey, put on trial at Winchester Crown Court. 8 received life sentences, one got 15 years, and the tenth was released for co-operating. The 8, which included sisters Dolours and Marion Price, and Gerry Kelly, were imprisoned in England and went on hunger strike for political status and to be moved to Northern Ireland (WP | NYTimes).
Stanley’s Walk, Derry
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Copyright © 1974 Peter Moloney
M00026
Tricolour and pro-IRA graffiti in Lecky Road, Derry.
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Copyright © 1973 Peter Moloney
M00024
“Buy Early While Shops Last” – witty graffiti in Chamberlain Street, Derry.
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Copyright © 1973 Peter Moloney
M00008
On the side of the Bogside Inn on Westland Street, Derry: “Easter 1916”, “1975” (suggesting that the date in the catalogue is wrong), “PIRA Provos”. The lower-level graffiti was painted out in 1981 – see Westland Street, 1981
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Copyright © 1973 Peter Moloney
M00004
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