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Food & Drink

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Here are two commercial murals from the northwest.

First (above) is a mural outside The Don bar in London-/Derry, which reads “Guinness: Good stout, no strings attached.” (The previous version had a pint being held out to the Don, with the words “Guinness: An offer you can’t refuse”.)

Second (below) is a fish and chip shop called Skippers in Dún Geımhın/Dungiven.

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The Bogside

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2013-03-07 Bogside+

The Bogside Artists’ ‘The Death Of Innocence’ at the bottom of Westland Street in Derry. The mural features Annette McGavigan, who died on September 6th, 1971, at age 14, shot by a British Army soldier. The mural is three storeys high; its height can be judged in comparison with the pedestrian walking below it. Above the mural, the streets of the bogside stand row upon row.

In the video below, one of the artists, Kevin Hasson discusses the mural, including the later alterations to the coloured butterfly and the broken rifle. The original version can be seen in M02053.

See also the Visual History page on The People’s Gallery.

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Spirit Of Freedom

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2013-03-07 SpiritOfFreedom+

This is a 2011 mural in the Bogside of Derry/Doıre featuring republican hunger-strikers (the ten who died in the Maze, along with Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan, who died in English prisons in the 70s), along with an oak leaf symbolizing the city of Derry. Chains, rather than a Celtic knot-work, serve as a frame for the main mural.

A close-up of the piece to the left, which “is dedicated to all those who tragically died on the streets of Derry during the hunger strike era” and features head-shots of various Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann volunteers, can be found below.

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X00999 X01000 our revenge will be the laughter of our children baınfear ár ndíoltas amach leıs an gháıre dár bpáıstí 1st battalion doıre brigade 3rd october 2006 suaımhneas dé dá n-anamacha, in fond and loving memory of those who died for the cause for ireland’s freedom. bogside and brandywell memorial committee

John Hume & Friends

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2013-03-09 HumeAndFriends+

“A Tribute to John Hume” by the Bogside Arists. Nobel peace prize-winners John Hume (1988), Martin Luther King, Jr (1964), Nelson Mandela (1993), (the Derry bridge,) and Mother Teresa (1979).

Hume was awarded the prize jointly with David Trimble, and Mandela with F. W. de Clerk. The 94 year-old Mandela is currently (April 2013) in hospital with pneumonia.

Rossville Street and the rear of Glenfada Park, Bogside, Derry/Doıre.

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33 Lecky Road

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2013-03-07 FreeDerry+

“You are now entering Free Derry” – Free Derry Corner with The Petrol Bomber and Bernadette murals in the background.

For a Visual History of the gable, see Free Derry Corner.

(A copy (in Belfast) of one of the flyers on the side of the wall in the first image above can be seen in End Impunity.)

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Network

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Another RNU piece, this time a board a short way in front of The Peace Mural by The Bogside Arists on Rossville Street in Londonderry. The line describing the outline of the dove then turns into an oak leaf, which is a symbol of the city. The piece was recreated in Washington, D.C., in 2007 (image 30 in this set).

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Derry Guernica

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A version of Picasso’s Guernica next to the Museum Of Free Derry, in Glenfada Park in the Bogside. The original is black and white and grey, as in the mural on the International Wall, but here has been coloured in a palette that matches the colour of the wall. Modern-looking aeroplanes, one dropping bombs, have also been added at the top of the image – the bombing took place in 1937, during the Spanish civil war – and the scene seems to be outdoors, rather than indoors.

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