“… but never the revolution”. An early poster is recreated in an IRA mural in Innisfree Gardens, Strabane: a volunteer in fatigues wields an assault rifle. (Seen previously in 1981 in Rockdale St, Belfast and in Derry in 1981.)
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“Freedom: For freedom you fasted & died/For the five rights you were denied/For the evil we know to blame/For England shrouded in shame/For the deaths of young Irish lives/For the oath of a country that cried/For the murder of a lark in the sky.” This poem seems to be unique in Irish muraling – if you know anything about it, please leave a comment. The sword with wings appears to be the insignia of the SAS, but its presence in this is inexplicable; the harp might be taking a poke at it. Fountain Street, Strabane.
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Núada of the Tuatha Dé Danann and Morrígan (from Jim Fitzpatrick’s Beneath The Sky Of Stars) embrace below a ram (from Fitzpatrick’s Senach The Spectre) and between Celtic creatures inspired by the Book Of Kells.
(This is probably not the “dragon mural” mentioned by Julian Watson in Circa #8.)
Unity flats, west Belfast
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A pair of images from Gartan Drive, Strabane. “Warning to hoods: shotguns can seriously damage your health!” (See peviously: IRA Health Warning). Below that, silhouettes of marching volunteers with a long banner (compare to Armed Struggle in Belfast).
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This is an entirely repainted and expanded mural listing the West Tyrone Roll Of Honour. The portrait of Bobby Sands that was originally included in Everyone, Republican Or Otherwise is gone, leaving only the quote from Sands (as shown in the second image). In his place on the right is a volunteer in a hat with a tricoloured band; on the left, the firing party of the previous mural is replaced by a volunteer with AK-47. The names in the roll of honour remain the same though they have been rewritten in a greater space.
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1990 image of Lark Of War, which includes the shields of the four provinces and their Irish names. (To the right of The Foreign Oppressive British Presence.)
Ballycolman, Strabane
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1990 image of The Foreign Oppressive British Presence (which is next to the Lark Of War).
Ballycolman, Strabane.
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1990 image of 20 Years Of Struggle, showing rioters (going back to 1969) with makeshift weapons taking on the British Army. Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Celtic cross (with harp) ‘in fond memory’ of fallen republican volunteers. The Ulster flag makes a rare appearance alongside the Starry Plough, Tricolour, and Sunburst.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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A row of six panels from Ballycolman estate, Strabane, with individual shots of four of them: (1) We will meet force with force – Irish Republican Army (also seen in 1989); (2) You may kill the revolutionary but never the revolution – Che Guevara 1928-1967 (a completed version of what was visible in 1989); (3) Honour Ireland’s patriot dead – wear an Easter lily (also seen in 1989); (4) James Connolly (for a solo shot, see the 1989 image); (5) Óglaıgh na hÉıreann (for a solo shot, see the 1989 image); (6) Stop Strip Searches (seen previously in 1989)
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