Stages of the “conveyor belt” – arrest by the Army, trial before a Diplock court, strip searches in Long Kesh and Armagh, the dirty protest, supported by an RAC [Relatives Action Committee], and finally, hunger strikes – are recreated in murals and reenactments on flat-bed lorries along the Falls Road for the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike.
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The events commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strikes included this (temporary) stage and mural (including Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg) on the site of the former Andersonstown RUC barracks.
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“A generation remembers the hungerstrike martyrs.” On the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike, portraits of the strikers (including Gaughan and Stagg from the 70s) were displayed on the railings of Dunville Park, Falls Road, Belfast.
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“Dan Winter’s ancestral home – the focal point of the Battle Of The Diamond on 21st September 1795, which led to the formation of the Orange Order in Sloan’s house, Loughgall.”
Dan Winter’s cottage at “the Diamond” (the crossroad of Grange Road and Derryloughan Road) was occupied by (Catholic) Defenders as they marched towards the (Protestant) Peep-O-Day Boys on a nearby hill. 30 out of 300 Defenders would be killed while the Peep-O-Day Boys went unscathed. After the battle, the Protestant combatants met in Loughgall and formed the Orange Society. 10,000 Catholics would subsequently migrate from Armagh.
This is one of two buildings on Derryloughan Road with “Dan Winter’s Cottage” plaques.
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Portraits of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers are arranged in the shape of an “H”. A similar board appears above the Sınn Féın office.
Lineside, Coalisland
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“Support republican prisoners. Political status now!” A phoenix rises over the watchtowers of Long Kesh.
Lineside, Coalisland
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“Tyrone brigade, Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann – Unbowed & Unbroken”.
The Square, Coalisland
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These two Provisional IRA boards – one memorial, one “active”, both with assault rifles – are almost facing each other in The Square, Coalisland.
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Here are two ‘ribbons’ from Coalisland (Lineside, Dungannon Rd), one green, for the release of political prisoners, the other black, for the deceased.
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This small hunger strike “H” memorial, with “SF” for “Sınn Féın” is in Navan Street, Armagh.
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