Easter Commemoration

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Competing Sinn Féin and IRSP Easter commemorations on the site of the former RUC barracks, and from éirígí in Beechmount Avenue, for Easter Monday.

“Belfast Easter Commemoration, Sunday 31st March. Assemble Beechmount Ave 1pm, parade leaves 1.30pm sharp. Speaker: Mary Lou McDonald, Vice President Sinn Féin/TD. Honour Ireland’s patriot dead – wear an Easter lily. Cumann Uaigheann na Laochra Gael – National Graves Association.”

“Belfast IRSP commemoration parade, Easter Sunday, Dunville Pk 11 am.”

“1916 Rising Commemoration, Easter Monday 1pm. Assemble St James Road.”

Falls Road, Belfast

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Shankill Star

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“Shankill Star [flute band Fb] in memory of Brian Robinson”. A brand new piece (unveiled March 2, 2013) to Brian Robinson and/sponsored by the Shankill Star Flute Band, in Disraeli Street – where Robinson grew up – replete with images from the first World War such as soldiers (both British and German), trenches and poppies. Robinson was killed on 2 Sept., 1989 by an army undercover unit moments after he had shot and killed a Catholic named Patrick McKenna (WP). This is the second mural on the street to Robinson – see M08248. The piece is not paint, but printed boards, and the image has been generated by computer.

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From Petrol Bombs To Yarn Bombs

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A board in the Bogside for “International Women’s Day, 8th March 2013 – Battling On: From petrol bombs to yarn bombs.” The woman in the painting – in the style of Banksy’s Flower Thrower (also imitated in Bundoran Banksy) – seems to have a petrol bomb rather than a yarn bomb.

Here is the board for 2011 International Women’s Day, on the wall next to this one.

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Find Us On Facebook

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Hand-painted “BRY” [Bogside Republican Youth], “No RUC” and “Support our POWs” boards but also computer-designed and -printed stickers in the Bogside, Derry. The boards are probably local productions, while the stickers probably come from the same German store responsible for the anti-fascist, “Irish republican solidarity” and “Good night, loyalist pride” stickers (see Northern Ireland World). The Facebook sticker is presumably for the store or for antifa; as far as we know, BRY has never had a Facebook page or internet presence; the web address “www.irishrepublicansolidarity.info/” is defunct.

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RIP Dolours Price

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Dolours Price died on January 23rd, in Malahide, apparently from an overdose or adverse mixture of medications. Price had served seven years of a twenty-year sentence for the 1973 car bombing of the Old Bailey in London, during which she went on hunger strike and was force fed (WP). She was the sister of Marian Price; both were IRA volunteers. See previously (from 1974): Bring Home The Winchester 8.

Nailor’s Row, Derry

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Two Snakes Too Many

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“End internment”. St Patrick is supposed to have driven all of the snakes out of Ireland, but the work is never done. The “snakes” in question are Theresa Villiers (minister for Northern Ireland in the current Conservative government) and David Ford, leader of the Alliance Party and minister for Justice in Stormont. The issue in question is (probably) the denial of compassionate parole for Marian Price (Oireachtas); “Prisons Crisis Group” published a pamphlet ‘Free Marian Price’ (Socialist Worker).

Free Derry Corner, Lecky Road, Derry. (Visual History)

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Matt Baggott RIP

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PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott (here “Baggot”, with only one “T”) in January announced that he would retire from the force in September of this year (2014), after heading the organisation for five years (Guardian). He, and the PSNI generally, will not be missed in Bray Street (first three) and Rathlin Street (final four), Woodvale, west Belfast.

(Update: The date was moved up – Baggott quit at the end of June. BBC)

“PSNI stay out”, “PSNI no go zone”, “PSNI keep out!!!”, “Fuck the Pope”, “PSNI targets”, “KAT”

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Sınn Féın Scum

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“Eolas ar mo theanga, ealos ar mo shaol. [Knowledge of my language, knowledge of my world]” Líofa [fluent] is a new scheme set up by culture minister Carál Ní Chuılín of Sınn Féın (CAIN) that allows low-income people to attend Irish courses. It was launched in September, 2011, with an initial goal of getting 1,000 people to sign up and commit to using Irish by 2015, a goal that was immediately met (Belfast Media) and has now been doubled (An Sıonnach Fıonn).

The logo has been defaced and “scum” added below “Sınn Féın”, and “IRA” below “Join the 2,000+ already signed up”.

The rear of Free Derry Corner has its own Visual History page.

Lecky Road, Derry

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