Brıogáıd Dhoıre Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann

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Many memorial plaques to IRA volunteers have been featured previously on this site: Michael Quigley | Brian Coyle | Patsy Duffy | Dennis Heaney | John Starrs | Charles English | Seamus Bradley | Sean Dolan | George McBrearty & Pop Maguire (see also Bronco Bradley). The Derry Brigade memorial in the median between Fahan Street and Rossville Street “is dedicated to those Volunteers who died in places where circumstances do not permit the erection of a commemorative plaque.” There are 18 names on the stone. Vintage rifles are crossed in front of an oak leaf, symbol of the city of Derry.

“Ar fud na ceathrach seo, tá gluaıseacht na poblachta tar éıs na haıteacha mar a bhfuaır Óglach na hÉıreann bás ar fıanas a mharcáıl le leaca cuımhneacháın. Tá an leac seo toırbhrıthe do na hÓglaıgh sıúd a fuaır bás ın áıteacha nach bhfuıl fóırsteanach do thógáıl leıca cuımhneachaın. Arna thógáıl a gcomrádaıthe ı nGluaıseacht na poblachta. 12ú Deıreadh Fómhaır 2003. Beırıgí bua.”

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Charles Love

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The memorial plaque to Charles (Charlie) Love was originally mounted in 1991 and preserved when the flats at the junction of Fahan Street and Rossville Street, Derry, were re-done. (The Runner would later be painted around it by the Bogside Artists.)  “In memory of Charles Love, accidentally killed on 28th January 1990. Unveiled by his father Patrick. Erected by the Bloody Sunday Initiative 27th January 1991. Padre Pio pray for him.” Love was 17 years old when he was hit by flying masonry from an IRA bomb while attending a Bloody Sunday memorial.

Fahan Street/Rossville Street, Derry

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Fighting For Human Rights

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“His only crime was fighting for human rights without violence – Say a little prayer today for Martin Luther King and the Bloody Sunday victims”. A poster of MLK is placed at the base of the Bloody Sunday memorial in Joseph Place, Derry. He was shot in Memphis on April 4th, 1968. The phrase “his only crime” is used by loyalists in the phrase “his only crime was loyalty”, which dates back (at least) to home rule.

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Hunger Strikers Memorial

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2004 images of the hunger strikers memorial in Rossville Street, Derry, featuring a large stone ‘H’ and a lark in barbed wire.

For images of the two stones to either side of the ‘H’, see the 2001 entry. The large stone at a short distance behind the middle of the H is a memorial to the Derry Brigade.

Rossville Street, Bogside, Derry

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