“Many suffer so that someday future generations may live in justice and peace.”
Portraits of Nelson Mandela and Bobby Sands are presented side by side, both smiling, in front of the flags of (post-apartheid) South Africa and the Republic of Ireland.
Bogside, Derry.
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The eastern side of what was the island of Derry is called the Water side and the western side, although originally under water, became the Bog side in about 1600. The two murals shown here are on either side of the shops adjacent to the Bogside Inn. There is an excellent history of the area from 1162 to the construction of Rossville flats in 1966 at the Museum Of Free Derry.
The piece above is by RAZER (ig).
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X02746 X03591 X02745 fáılte go taobh an bhogaıgh lily H-Block dove of peace celtic design
International Women’s Day, which dates as far back as 1909, is today, March 8th, 2016. Above is the 2014 mural celebrating the day in the complex of shops at London-/Derry’s Bogside Inn.
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X02815 meenan sq designed by karen cassidy with help from doherty, zoë ramsey, brian farrell, mary mcloughlin, catherine duddy, catherine ellis, kat pollock, stephen boyle, sinéad
“The way we were” written on the bog side of the walls of Derry provide a name for this mural behind Derry’s Bogside Inn. The old Rossville flats are in the top left hand corner. (Both Rossville flats and graffiti on the walls – “God made the Catholics, the armalite made us equal” – can be seen in this 1982 image (M00039) from Peter Moloney’s collection.)
In the lower right-hand corner is a “Free Gaza” board that was on the back of Free Derry Corner.
In the lower left-hand corner is a picture of the second version of the “You are now entering Free Derry” writing on the gable wall of 33 Lecky Road.
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X02961 X02828 fuck all hoods INLA IRA BRY irish national liberation army bogside republican youth
“No pasarán” is Spanish for “they shall not pass”, a phrase used by the Communists and Republicans as they tried (unsuccessfully) to defend the city of Madrid during the Spanish civil war. The board in front commemorates “those from this area who left Ireland to fight against Fascism during the Spanish Civil War 1936-1938”.
“The Runner” in the background mural (part of The People’s Gallery) is also having trouble holding his ground in the (repainted) famous Bogside Artists’ (web) work intended “to be a cautionary reminder to the young of the dangers inherent in civil conflict”. (CAIN)
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X02962 rossville st Manus Deery Charles Love Patrick Walsh Thomas traynor john murphy benjamin frederick murray eamon mcgrotty george gorman jack flynn james donald peadar o’donnell james campbell hugh o’donnell paddy o’daire joseph kelly paddy roe mclaughlin francis william vincent o’donnell brian goold-verschoyle paddy glacken phil boyle hugh bonner herbert pollock charles mcguinness william mcchrystal joe boyd irsp teach na faılte irsp.ie tear gas
“End the torture in Maghaberry Gaol – Smash Stormont – www.irpwa.com – Irish Republican Prisoners’ Welfare Association – strip searching – isolation – controlled movement.”
IRPWA board on the rear of Free Derry Corner.
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Here are two murals from the Youth First (Tw) group in and around their Bogside home in Meenan Square. In the image above, a young mother sporting both a nappy pin and an Easter lily tends to her infant child while casting a look back at Free Derry corner and the silhouettes of marchers and washing on a line. The image below also shows Free Derry corner and the skyline of the city.
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X02799 X02830 you are now entering celtic cross caolan tonisha P.m. amy-leigh BAP chloe liam E.s. cian conor chantelle KT tricolour
Today’s post is an assortment of republican posters, many of them in distressed condition, book-ended by the 1916 Societies’ Easter Parade posters from 2015 and 2016.
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X02802 X03140 X03444 X03462 X03617 X03618 X03619 X03613 lecky rd westland st beechmount ave clowney st ? ? ? ? liam hannaway sean o’neill hungering for justice wolfe tone bobby sands stormont abuse of irish republican prisoners ferguson racism in the US unfinished revolution free newry 10 maghaberry http://continuitysinnfein.org/
IRA volunteer (and marksman in the Irish Army) John Starrs was killed in a May 13th, 1972, gun battle with the British Army in William Street (Seachranaıdhe), near his plaque in Chamberlain Street, Derry, which is also home to Connolly House, home of the IRSP in Derry, and Junior McDaid house, home of Saoradh/IRPWA.
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Banner for the “Legenderry” school of Irish dance. (Fb)
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Fun dance classes for lil legends aged 4 and upwards londonderry derry doire.
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