“Merry Christmas & a happy new year to the Castlerea Five from the people of Belfast.” The Castlerea Five were five republican prisoners not released in 2000 (under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement) (An Phoblacht). They were jailed in Roscommon for involvement in the killing of Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996 (four of manslaughter, one of conspiracy to rob). Divis Street, Belfast
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The “old model” RUC is a combination of policeman, Orangeman, and (loyalist) paramilitary, affiliations the “new model” lacks.
Divis Street, Belfast
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The Ógra Shınn Féın (Sınn Féın Youth) logo is a Molotov cocktail with an Easter lily as a fuse. Divis Street, Belfast
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“Our flag is the starry plough, our class is the working class, our enemy is foreign imperialism and native capitalism.” IRSP board on the front railings of Costello House.
Falls Road, Belfast.
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“They may kill the revolutionary, but never the revolution.” Volunteer with an assault rifle in front of a Tricolour.
Rockmore Road, Belfast.
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Forced Upon Us is a play about the history of the RUC, paralleling the foundation of the state in 1922 to the situation in the 1990s. It was put on at Theatre On The Rock (St Thomas’s school on the Whiterock Road) by DubbelJoint and JustUs, written by Brenda Murphy and Christine Poland, and directed by Pam Brighton (IrishPlayography).
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The Sinn Féin offices in Turf Lodge are named “Constance Markievicz House” after the artist, suffragette, republican revolutionary, first woman elected to the British parliament, anti-Treaty fighter, and hunger striker.
Monagh Crescent, Belfast
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Day 371 of the “siege” of the residents of Garvaghy Road, Portadown. The siege began when the newly-formed Parades Commission decided to ban the Orange march in 1998 and 2,000 police and soldiers enforced the ruling by barricading the road off. Rossville Street, Derry, with Free Derry Corner and The Petrol Bomber in the background.
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The hands on the clock are pointing at 1999 (up) and 1969 (down). “1981” is on the left. Whiterock Road, Belfast. By Féile Artists.
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Irish-language sign supporting the green ribbon campaign for the release of republican political prisoners in Derrybeg.
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