INLA volunteer Kevin Lynch was from Park, County Derry, near Dungiven, where this board commemorates his death in the 1981 hunger strike. Chapel Road.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01778 [M01923]
Vol. Kevin Lynch
Spirit Of Freedom
Two faded and damaged murals side-by-side in Carnagat Road, Newry. On the left, a lark exhibiting the “spirit of freedom – B Sands” carries an assault rifle; on the left the torch of freedom is raised in front of the Sunburst and Tricolour.
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M01744 M01745
1981
10 crosses, one for each of the deceased 1981 hunger strikers, in an “H” shape, on an embankment below the A1 in Newry.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01747
So Long As You Continue To Oppress Us
This is a faded mural in Carnagat Road, Newry. On the left is an armed volunteer and on the right are Tricolour and Starry Plough flags. The writing in the middle is obscured: “So long as you continue to oppress us you will meet …”. Get in touch if you can complete the rest.
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M01746
Green, White, Orange
You only need three colours to paint the Easter lily and the Irish Tricolour.
Main Avenue, Newry
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01748
Easter 1916
“IRA” and Easter lily nail-ups in Iveagh Crescent, Newry.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01749
Disband The RUC
The three-in-one image of RUC policeman (the cap), Orange Order memer (collarette), and paramilitary (the assault rifle).
Slieve Gullion Road, Newry
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01750
I Measc Laochra Na nGael Go Raıbh A nAınmeacha
“May their souls [the heroes of the Easter Rising, 1916, as represented by the GPO and Easter lily] be among the heroes of the Gaels.”
Clanrye Avenue, Newry
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M01751
IRA
The original version of this mural (in 1994) had the words “Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann” rather than IRA and lacked the Starry Plough – the sunburst and hooded gunman (with Uzi?) remain the same.
Carnagat Road, Newry
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01743
Political Status Denied
The fight for political status by the ten 1981 hunger-strikers in the H-Blocks (plus Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg from the 70s) is linked to the status of republican prisoners in Maghaberry in 2001. A volunteer in funereal clothing, including an Easter lily on his beret, is at the centre. Camlough Road/Carnagat Road, Newry, stronghold of PIRA S. Down, Armagh Brigade.
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