A week before Carol Ann Kelly was shot in Twinbrook, 14 year-old Julie Livingstone was also killed by a plastic bullet on May 13th, 1981 in Lenadoon. The stone shown above “was erected by young people of Leicester England”.
Stewartstown Road, Belfast (though not the stone currently at the bottom of Lenadoon Road).
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Two recent deaths are commemorated with stones placed next to Free Derry Corner in Lecky Road.
Barney McFadden was a Derry IRA and Sınn Féın activist and councillor, interned during the 70s and noted in later years for opposing criminal actions by republicans (Irish Times). He was described by Martin McGuinness at the funeral as “a colossus of the struggle” (An Phoblacht). In this video, he shares his memories of the Derry Gasyard.
John “Caker” Casey (1946-2000) painted the slogan “You are now entering Free Derry” in block lettering on the gable wall of 33 Lecky Road in August 1969, for the visit of Home Secretary Jim Callaghan. (The original graffiti version was done by Liam Hillen in January.)
For a history of Free Derry Corner, see its Visual History page.
Lecky Road, Bogsde, Derry
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Hunger strikers Patsy O’Hara and Raymond McCreesh died on the same day – May 21st, 1981. There are thus two portraits placed next to the memorial in Rossville Street, Derry, on this day each year.
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“in proud and loving memory of Vol. Eamon (Bronco) Bradley, Derry Brigade, Óglaıgh na hÉıreann, murdered by crown forces [Anglian Regiment] at this spot on 25th August 1982. Tógtha ag pobal an Sean Talaımh.” For background, see this Derry Journal article.
Ard A Chaırn, Doıre
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The hunger strikers memorial in Rossville Street, Derry, was launched in 2000. The central “H” carries the names of the ten deceased 1981 strikers, while the stones to either side carry the names of other republicans to have died on hunger strike: Thomas Ashe 1917, Michael Fitzgerald 1920, Joseph Murphy 1920, Terence McSwiney 1920, Joseph Whitty 1923, Denis Barry 1923, Andrew Sullivan 1923, Tony D’Aroy 1940, Jack McNeela 1940, Sean McCaughey 1946, Michael Gaughan 1974, Frank Stagg 1976.
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IRA volunteer Seán Keenan/Ó Cıanáın was interned on three different occasions and spent 15 years in prison without ever being convicted. In August 1969 (the Battle Of The Bogside) he was chairman of the Derry Citizens Defence Association. This bilingual memorial stone (though with more in English than Irish) is in Fahan Street, Derry
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“In proud and loving memory of Vol. George McBrearty and Vol. Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire killed on active service 28th May 1981.”
A mural to McBrearty (and a new plaque to both men) was unveiled in 2017.
On Coach Road (Southway) just above Lone Moor Road, where the pair were shot by the SAS.
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Celtic cross and plaques “In memory of all those from the Markets and Lower Ormeau who died as a result of the conflict” (with Terence MacSwiney quote) and “In memory of all those who dedicated their lives to the struggle for Irish freedom”, in particular IRA 3rd battalion Belfast Brigade volunteers Nolan, Downey, Davison, and Fıan J. Templeton. With flags for the 20th anniversary of the hunger strike.
Stanfield Place, south Belfast
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Here are six images from the lower Falls memorial garden. Four of the central monument, which honours “those brave and gallant vols” of Belfast Brigade D Coy, 2 Batt. The left-hand panel quotes Pearse and the right-hand panel commemorates the Falls Curfew of July 1970. Also shown are two plaques, one to the left and one to the right, again honouring the members of D Coy, 2nd battalion of the IRA. “Their bravery and courage will be etched in the annals of Irish Republicanism and indelible in the minds of generations to come. Scríobhfar a n-aınmneacha ı lıtreacha óır.”
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A large “H” on the Whiterock Road, Belfast with pictures of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers, and Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan on the crossbar, with Tricolour and Starry Plough flags (and perhaps a 20th anniversary flag).
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