“Cuımhníonn An Srath Bán orthu go deo”. ICA leader James Connolly was executed by firing squad in the grounds of Kilmainham jail on the morning of May 12th, 1916. He was tied to a chair because a bullet-wound to the ankle that he received in the GPO had turned gangrenous.
Also included is an RNU (Fb) stencil reading, “End British political policing, end internment of Irish citizens. Join RNU”.
Ballycolman Avenue, Strabane
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“Joseph Plunkett Society, Clady – Glebe [Fb]. One Ireland, one vote. Sign the petition online & register your support for Irish Unity @ http://www.1916societies.com [1916societies.ie]. West Tyrone remembers.”
The Clady chapter of the 1916 Societies is named after Joseph Mary Plunkett, one of the seven signatories to the 1916 Proclamation, an IRB member and planner of the Rising, and who was executed on May 4th.
Also included is a “People Should Not Inform” placard in the street.
Bellspark Road, Clady
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On April 24th, 1916, Patrick Pearse stood on the steps of Dublin’s General Post Office and read out a proclamation declaring an Irish republic; the proclamation had been prepared by the military council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood – Thomas Clarke, Seán Mac Dıarmada, Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, Thomas MacDonagh, Eamonn Ceannt, Joseph Plunkett – and their (printed) signatures were included at its end.
Copies of the proclamation were handed out on O’Connell Street and perhaps as many as 2,500 were printed in total (NMI) but now only about fifty copies remain (Irish Central). This giant copy of the proclamation was mounted in Strabane for the centenary of the Rising, reproducing (as the note at the bottom says) “a reproduction of the poster”. (For a discussion of attempts to recreate the Proclamation, as well as images of originals, see Type Foundry.)
Melvin Road, Strabane
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“Strabane remembers them forever” – the dead of the “unfinished revolution, unfinished business” of the 1916 Easter Rising. The central image on the large tarp is a modified version of the 1941 stamp designed by Victor Brown showing an armed volunteer outside the GPO (stampboards).
The IRPWA (web) board reads, “Gavin Coyle – 4+ years in solitary confinement. End the isolation in MagHaberry.” Coyle is serving ten years for possession of arms and explosives and is now charged with the 2008 death of off-duty PSNI officer (Guardian | BBC). (An identical board was also placed at the Melmount Road roundabout. See M12838.)
The hand-made board reads, “End RUC-PSNI harassment”. For the small mural to the right, see Bobby & Che.
The board in the adjacent Townsend Street commemorates both the 1916 signatories – “We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland” – and Troubles-era volunteers Charles Breslin, Michael Devine, and David Devine.
Fountain Street and Townsend Street, Strabane
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A corrugated metal hut on the outside of Bishop’s Gate has been covered over with fake stone and a fake doorway containing an image of Derry in the old days. The re-model is perhaps part of the “Peacewall Reimaging Project” (Derry Journal) on the railings just out of shot to the right, which was unveiled on December 18th, 2015 (Shared History).
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The “Éire” and “Ireland” pieces, and perhaps the Doıre piece, were painted by RAZER (ig). The three are perhaps part of a larger installation at Celtic Park – see Fáılte Go Paırc Na gCeılteach.
Stanley’s Walk and Elmwood Road, Derry
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“Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art, with great Irish fools to practice on” is the last line of a piece by a James Connolly article in The Irish Worker in 1914.
1916 Societies (web) board in Lecky Road, Derry.
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“IRA”, “God bless Óglach Vinnie Ryan”, “1916 – 2016 IRA Unfinished business”, “#JFTC2/Brits out”, “Kill all PSNI officers now!!”.
Vincent “Vinnie” Ryan, brother of Alan Ryan, was shot in Finglas, Dublin, on February 29th. In the graffiti above he is given the title “óglach” but his family denied that he was in the (Real) IRA (BBC). In 2019, two people were convicted for their roles in Ryan’s killing (Irish Times).
Graffiti on Lone Moor Road, Brandywell, Derry.
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“End the torture in Maghaberry now!! Join IRPWA http://www.irpwa.com [irpwa.irish]” and “End internment and Britain’s torture of Irish POWs”.
Similar sentiments from the IRPWA/New IRA in Lecky Road (replacing Taobh An Bhogaıgh) and the RNU/ÓNH in Westland Street (which was previously on the rear of Free Derry Corner).
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“Remember Bloody Sunday – 44 years on – still no justice!”
Graffiti on Lecky Road near the underpass.
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