“RIP Kieran Doherty TD. Died on hunger strike for the freedom of Ireland, August the 2nd, 1981”. Small mural in Main Street, Bundoran.
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Kieran Doherty
James Connolly House
IRSP headquarters, in Chamberlain Street, Derry. For the house in 1986 see this previous post.
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Brits Out
Republican graffiti on the walls of Derry just below the Army barracks at Bishop’s Gate.
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Stop Extradition
Mural on Whiterock Road, possibly a combination of photographs of the hand-over of INLA man Dominic McGlinchey, who was extradited from the Republic in 1984.
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Our Struggle, Your Struggle
Chief sitting Bull with his back to the flag of the United States, with a lark (for the Irish struggle) and an eagle (for the Native American) and a border of the colours of humankind. Painted by Mo Chara on the wall of the (then) Ballymurphy Community Centre just off the Whiterock Road, Belfast. The wide shots show a small “Tıocfaıdh ár lá” and Tricolour to the right-hand side.
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Easter
Two images of a mural on the Whiterock Road, Belfast, celebrating the Easter Rising. A soldier raises the Irish Tricolour while trampling on a Union Flag on a broken mast. On the right hand side are the Easter lily and halberds/pikes and an assault rifle, indicating the past and present of the 1916 revolt. In the background is a poorly drawn GPO. The original image of the central figure can be seen in this Extramural Activity post.
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Free The Birmingham Six
A board on the back of Free Derry Corner announces a joint rally for Bloody Sunday and for the release of the Birmingham Six.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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Slán Go Fóıll
A “final salute” (funeral volley) is fired over harp, shamrocks, and a knotwork bird in South Link, Belfast.
For the side wall, see Long Kesh.
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Long Kesh
Another armlatite-carrying lark, between a clenched fist and a strand of barbed wire. To the right (in the second image), a celtic cross.
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Victory To The INLA
A mural by “Ballycolman Republican Socialist Youth” in the estate in Strabane showing three volunteers on maneouvres.
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