“Remember the hunger strikers 1981 – still not forgotten.”
Springhill Park, Strabane
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Still Not Forgotten
The Puppet Masters
The Northern Ireland Policing Board was founded in 2001 to oversee the PSNI. It was initially constituted with three SDLP members, depicted here as puppets of the Special Branch. Sinn Féin would not take seats on the board until 2007.
Bridge Street, Strabane
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Warning: Sniper
Here are two nail-ups from Ballycolman Avenue, Strabane: “Fuck the queen” and “RIRA” on one pole, and a “sniper at work” road sign on the other.
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Che
Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara inspiring republicans in Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Republicans From The West Tyrone Area
“In proud and loving memory of all those republican from the west Tyrone area who suffered, fought or died in the cause of Irish freedom – ní dhéanfar dearmad ar bhur níobaırtí choíche”.
Ballycolman Avenue, Strabane
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Who Is The Real Freedomfighters Now!
Here is a collection of six murals from Ballycolman, Strabane, all seen previously in 1989 and showing their age, and with some RIRA graffiti “Who is the real freedomfighters now! Real IRA” and “Strabane RUC station – 2001 RIRA”.
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PUP-RUC Linked
The PUP is the Progressive Unionist Party, a left-wing party associated with the UVF. Notable leaders have included Hugh Smyth and David Ervine. Below and on the other side are two “road signs”: No Watchtowers and ‘No RUC’.
Bridge Street, Strabane
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The Apprentice Boys
Each year the residents of the upper Fountain put the names of the 13 apprentice boys (and images related to the siege of Derry) on the backs and the garden fences of their homes.
The Fountain, Londonderry
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Charles English
Volunteer Charles English was a member of the IRA’s Derry Brigade (1st battalion). He died on August 6th, 1985, at age 21, when a grenade launcher exploded. His brother, Gary, had been killed four years earlier when an Army land rover hit and then reversed over him (Derry Journal). Images from the funeral are collected in this video.
Abbey Street, Derry
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No More Human Shields
The names of portraits of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers, plus Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan, are on six of the seven New Lodge “houses” (high-rise buildings), two per house. Other slogans have appeared just below them, such as the “No more human shields – Brits out” shown in the first image, below the portrait of Bobby Sands on Teach Eıthne (perhaps a reference to the Army positions on top of Teach Mhéabha (Maeve House) and Teach Gráınne?). There are some more images in the Seosamh Mac Coılle collection.
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