Soldiers from the 15th Battalion (North Belfast) Royal Irish Rifles board ship for France in 1915. The five men featured in the apex are Sergeant Major Magookin, 2nd Lt De La Harpur, Rifleman Forrester, Rifleman Baird, and Rifleman Templeton.
Images of graffiti from the loyalist west bank. Two from Hawkin Street, including an incursion by republicans (“IRA”); one from Upper Bennett Street mocking the deaths on Bloody Sunday – “Para[s] 13, Provos 0”; and two from Bishop Street, Londonderry – “Kill All Taigs”, “W[est] B[ank] L[oyalists] – F[uck] T[he] P[rovos]”.
“This Sculpture is about unlocking freedom, a community that does not know outward social freedom can still know inward personal freedom. The key to freedom is formed within the heart, each individual has an unseen key that can help a community unlock the knowledge of itself. The Apprentice Angel is a bringer of freedom, he is patterned with keys collected within The Fountain Estate by young people from The Cathedral Youth Club. The Angel holds a large recast key from the Siege of Derry 1689, a key in the hand of an Apprentice that helped turn history, the Past is always present but the Future is key to us all, we alone have the power to unlock it and the right to experience it. Within a community it is young hearts that beat loudest, it is their future that we must help unlock with the keys of Freedom. This was a Cathedral Youth Club project funded by Arts Council Re-Imaging Communities. Sculptor – Ross Wilson.”
Two memorial plaques are added to Cromore Drive in Creggan, not far from the 2nd battalion memorial garden: Joe Walker was shot by the British Army in 1973 (Derry Daily); Paddy Deery and Eddie McSheffrey were killed while transporting a bomb in 1987 (Derry Journal).