The Siege of Derry as seen from the point of view of the besiegers – the (French) army of James II.
Kennedy Place, the Fountain, Londonderry
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The Siege Of Derry
painted board
The Felons
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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Copyright © 1988 Peter Moloney
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USSF
The West Belfast Ulster Special Service Force (USSF) was a local Shankill unit within the West Belfast regiment of the Ulster Volunteers. It lost 90% of its men at the battle of Albert on July 1st, 1916. For more of its history see BygoneDays.
Craven Street, lower Shankill, west Belfast
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Educated Disciplined
“Whilst Ireland or any part of her is occupied by a foreign body then the only attitude of Irish youth should one of organized opposition. Na Fianna Eireann. Educated, disciplined, revolutionary youth movement.”
Small board on a tricolour in Central Drive, Creggan, Derry.
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Loyalists Demand Separation Now
Small board with a red hand between barbs of wire, with union jack, Ulster banner, and symbols of UDA and UVF in the corners. “LPOW — Inprisoned for loyalty”. Hawkin Street, London-/Derry
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Sınn Féın
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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Assemble Sunday 28 June Creggan Shops
Board with 9 Derry Brigade volunteers on the rear of Free Derry Corner.
Top: Jim Gallagher, Jimmy Carr, Colm Keenan, John Starrs, ?John McDaid?
Bottom: Eugene McGillan, Gerry Donaghey, John Brady, Junior McDaid
On the rear of Free Derry Corner, Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry. (Visual History)
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Our Day Will Come
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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IRA
An IRA volunteer in fatigues stands with a rifle. A simple version of the Sınn Féın logo can be seen in the background.
Springhill Avenue, Belfast
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The Fountain
Here are later-in-the-year images of the murals in The Fountain, Londonderry – the building (which would later become the Cathedral Youth Club) is showing some wear and tear. See previously in 1986 The Fountain and for the murals in progress in 1985.
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