“RUC must go anoıs! [now]”. Stencil on Andersonstown Road, Belfast.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01473
Anoıs!
stencil
Join Sınn Féın Now
Stencils in Beechmount Avenue, Belfast: “Join Sınn Féın now” and “Disband the RUC”.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01457
PIRA 96 Undefeated!
“RUC out” and “Demilitarise now” stencils next to graffiti in Welsh Street, the Markets, south Belfast.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01344
The Place That Time Forgot
Harryville is an area of Ballymena with a small Catholic population which needed police protection to attend mass. The Independent called it “the town where hatred burns stronger than hope“. With “No RUC”, “No watch towers”, “Free Róisín McAliskey“, and a green ribbon for the campaign to free POWs.
Park Ave, Derry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01321
All Party Talks/The Boys Are Back
Contrasting messages from Anne Street, Derry: on one hand, a demand for “all party talks”; on the other, a celebrating volunteer says “the boys are back”. The first ceasefire ended in February 1996, the second commenced in July 1997.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01312 M01313
Bloody Sunday 97/Róısín McAliskey
Stencils in Lecky Road, Derry. Above, a giant eye for the 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Below, “Free Róısín McAliskey”. McAliskey (daughter of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey) was arrested in 1996 in connection with an attack on a British Army base in Germany and held until March 1998. The “No RUC” features a skeleton and appears to be hand-drawn.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01315 M01314 [M01373 is another ‘Bloody Sunday 97’ in William st]
Disband The RUC
Stencil in Bishop Street, Derry: “disband the RUC” with the petrol bomb emblem of Ógra Shınn Féın.
Derry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01309
25
A Derry oak leaf stencil to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01304
Unconquered
“Invicta UFF” – stencil in Main Street, Bushmills.
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Copyright © 1996 Peter Moloney
M01293
Free All POWs
Starry Plough stencil in Lecky Road, Derry. With ‘No RUC’ road sign to the left. There is a “Repatriate all political prisoners” poster to the right.
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Copyright © 1996 Peter Moloney
M01270
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