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The Felons

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From inside the Felons Club in Andersonstown, Belfast: a version of Walter Paget’s Birth Of The Irish Republic above the famous quote from Pearse’s O’Donovan Rossa oration – “The fools, the fools, they have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” — along with portraits of hunger strikers.

For a history of the club in its previous locations, see this Danny Morrison remembrance.

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Sınn Féın

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The Sınn Féın lettering writ large in Creggan Heights, Derry (with the island of Ireland as a background, though this cannot be seen in the image above). The image below gives a much better sense of what the mural looked like under ordinary lighting.

See also All-Ireland Army, which was at the far end of this block of houses, at the junction with Linsfort Drive,

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Our Day Will Come

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The main panel, of three IRA volunteers with raised weapons, was painted by Sean ‘Conker’ Connolly, based on the poster below. Also on the wall are a Tricolour, “Sinn Fein/Gerry Adams” and a small board at the top with a raised fist and the slogan “Unity is strength”. Westrock Drive, Belfast.

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