“C Company Street” [UVF] with a mosaic of the emblem of the 36th (Ulster) Division “this artwork was created by young people from Shankill Alternatives”. See also: RPG Avenue.
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Copyright © 2008 Peter Moloney
M04515 [M04514] [M04550]
Originally mounted for the 25th anniversary of the (1981) strike in 2006, the hunger striker mosaics were still in place in 2008.
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Copyright © 2008 Peter Moloney
M04488
Stone squares carved with images and words such as “racism” and “respect” on the side wall of the Credit Union at the junction of Springfield and Whiterock Roads. “Upper Springfield Development Company, Ltd. Launched by Gerry Adams, 28th Sept 2006.” “Environment Achievement Award. Sponsored by West Belfast Partnership 2006.”
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Copyright © 2008 Peter Moloney
M03993
Ceramic mosaics of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers, with brass name plaques, are mounted at the corner of Beechmount Avenue and the Falls Road (which his its own Visual History page), for the 25th anniversary of the strike.
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Copyright © 2006 Peter Moloney
M03279 [M03292]
British Army snipers ensconced into Corry’s timber yard shot dead five people, including three teenagers, from Springhill and Westrock on the summer night of July 9th, 1972. All were unarmed. These images are from the Westrock-Whiterock memorial gardens (“gairdíní cuimhneacháin”) in Westrock Drive, west Belfast.
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Copyright © 2005 Peter Moloney
M02273 M02274 M02275 M02276 M02277 M02278 M02279
On 9th July, 1972, British Army snipers fired from Corry’s timber yard overlooking the Westrock bungalows. Five civilians were killed: John Dougal, Margaret Gargan, Fr Noel Fitzpatrick, David McCafferty, Patrick Butler. The memorial garden shown here is in Westrock Drive, Belfast. For close-ups, see Life Spills On Warm Summer Streets.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01439
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