Bogside internment bonfire on Lecky Road, Derry, with Union Flags, Ulster Banners, Rangers flag, top and scarf, England top, OO flag, UFF flag, a cut-out PSNI landrover, and portrait of the CoI “Earl Bishop” Frederick Hervey which was stolen from outside St Columb’s (BBC-NI). “Free Colin Duffy”, “Rebels 3, Brits 0”.
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Sınn Féın leader Gerry Adams said of the IRA in 1995 “They haven’t gone away, you know” (youtube). The phrase is here used against him, with the British Army in place of the IRA: “Those who administer British rule are traitors – they haven’t gone away you know – Afghanistan, Iraq, Ireland.” 32CSM (32 County Sovereignty Movement) board at the top of Westland Row, Derry.
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These are two of about 25 panels about Creggan with a focus on heritage and youth, on Eastway, Derry.
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Claire McGill, Pat Doherty, and Barry McElduff of West Tyrone Sınn Féın. Electoral board above the Sınn Féın office in James Street, Omagh.
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“Be safe not sorry. Don’t burn, baby burn.” Young people are encouraged to have a disco inferno rather than a Bogside internment bonfire. Fire safety mural on the rear of Free Derry Corner.
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Three suspected IRA car bombs exploded on Main Street, Claudy, on July 31st, 1972, killing nine people and injuring 30. This memorial on Church Street was designed by Elizabeth McLoughlin and unveiled in 2000. The plaque also acknowledges “the suffering and loss of many others in the Claudy region over the years.”
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Ulster Unionist Party East Belfast Advice Centre, in 2009 the offices of Sir Reg Empey, MLA. The shield/emblem in the top is very rare (and probably a mistake): provincial (rather than six-county) Ulster with a crown on top.
Albertbridge Road, Belfast
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“I ndıl cuimhne [chuimhne] Óglach Jim McKernan executed by the British Army near this spot 14th September 1986. Fuaır sé bás ar son saoırse na hÉıreann. [He died for the cause of Ireland’s freedom]” McKernan was killed in a gun battle between an IRA unit and a British Army foot patrol. Andersonstown Road at Ballyowen.
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“Putting Ireland first [in Europe]”. Sınn Féın European election hoarding for candidate Baırbre de Brún on the side of the Andersonstown office (Connolly House).
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The main plaque (shown first above) is new; like its predecessor (see M02186) list of the local dead of the IRA 1st battalion, Belfast brigade and related members of the republican movement. (A shorter list is on the plaque to the left, shown second.) There is also a 200th anniversary plaque for the 1798 rebellion: “1798-1998 Who Fears To Speak Of 98. This plaque was erected to the memory of the United Irishmen who gave their lives for Irish freedom also those who died as a result of the Great Hunger. ‘These are the times that try mens’ souls.’ [- Thomas Paine] The rich always betray the poor.’ – Henry Joy McCracken.” The memorial garden is next to the Andersonstown Social Club (a.k.a. the PD or “People’s Democracy”).
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