“Nothing lasts forever, so cheer up 2 fuck.” Life advice in Londonderry.
Distillery Brae in the Waterside.
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Nothing Lasts Forever
graffiti/writing
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
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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.
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Free Marian Price Now!
“End internment – Free Marian Price”. August 2012 and Marian Price has been moved from Maghaberry to Hydebank (in February – BBC) and the charges against her for her part in the 2011 Easter Rising commemoration in Derry have been dropped (in May – BBC).
On the flats and in Queen’s Parade, New Lodge, north Belfast.
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For What Suffer Our Patriots Today?
Two piece of graffiti along Central Drive, Creggan, Derry. The first – painted by the anti-Agreement group ONH/Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann – is of the closing words of Pearse’s oration at the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa on August 1st, 1915: “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace”; the second is from Luke Kelly’s poem For What Died The Sons Of Róısín? (youtube | mudcat)
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31st Anniversary
This is the 2012 instantiation of a tradition on the Twinbrook shops of marking the anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike (though portraits of Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan are included). The tradition began in 2006 with the 25th anniversary | 27th anniversary | 29th anniversary | 30th anniversary.
Twinbrook Road, Dunmurry
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Free Price + McGeogh
IRA volunteer Gerry McGeough (with a “u”) was jailed for the attempted murder of the UDR’s Samuel Brush in 1981. His appeal for a pardon, based on time served previously in Germany, was denied in March (BBC).
Moy Road, Armagh
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Traitor McGuinness
On June 27th, (2012) Martin McGuinness of Sınn Féın and formerly the IRA shook hands with Queen Elizabeth II, head of the UK’s armed forces (Guardian). Derry republicans took to the walls of Derry to express their feelings of betrayal.
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Free All POWs
Drugs Out, Touts Out
“Drugs out and touts out. FTPSNI” with a ‘target’ symbol.
Carnany Ct, Ballymoney
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