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Never Again

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Printed and framed tarp in Bombay Street, commemorating the burning of Bombay Street during the August 1969 Belfast riots and the death Gerald McAuley, a young IRA member (Fian, not “Fiann” as written here) killed by a sniper during the trouble. Three photographs from the street at the time are reproduced in the bottom third of the board.

Ten years ago, an earlier incarnation of this board could be found on the other side of the street, connected to the issue of the day: No (Decom)mission.

RTÉ archival footage of the aftermath and other clips detailing the events in both Belfast and Derry.

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Joe McKelvey Society

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Poster from the 1916 Societies (Fb), specifically the West Belfast Joe McKelvey Society, named after the anti-treaty IRA commander (WP). (There is also a society named after McKelvey in his home town of Stewartstown, Co Tyrone. (Fb)) The flag (shown below) is in the Republican Museum, Conway Mill.

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No Grabbers Here

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2013-08-05 Absentee+

A sign in Crossmaglen/Crois Mhic Lionnáin: No absentee landlords repossessor’s or their agents wanted in south Armagh.

The sign is presumably in relation to the shuttered Quinn’s supermarket across the street, of which there are three images below. The graffiti reads ‘No Sale’ and ‘No land grabbers here’. The supermarket closed in June, 2013 (Crossmaglen Examiner).

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Don’t Lose Your Voice

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2013-08-02 RegisterToVote+

A flyer/poster in the window (of an unmarked unit, but presumably a community resource centre – next to Sam Glenn’s butchers) exhorting residents of the Shankill area to register to vote, part of the recent trend of sentiments expressing Protestant marginalization. (See previously: Carrickfergus panels one | two)

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Féıle 25

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2013-07-24 Feile+

A billboard for this year’s Féıle, which begins on August 1st and, in addition to the various musical acts shown here, includes an exhibition in the Conway Mill on the murals of Belfast and Los Angeles. This hoarding is at the junction of Kinnaird Street and the Antrim Road.

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X01194 irelands’ biggest community arts festival and summer school 1-11 august 2013 http://www.feilebelfast.com

Speaking Your Language

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2013-06-25 Gaeilge+

These billboards are all over north Belfast to coincide with the Scoıl Samhraıdh Mhıc Reachtaın (McCracken Summer School) which begins on the 22nd. This one is outside Tesco’s on the Antrim Road.

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Danger Of Death

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2013-06-02 TaylorLight+

Flyer/sticker on a large electrical box in Derry on the case of  Tony Taylor. “End the brutality in Maghaberry jail.” It then alleges that Taylor was assaulted while in restraints at Maghaberry. The flyer contends that Taylor was “arrested for possession of a plastic bag”, whereas the Tele reports that Taylor was arrested on charges of possession of a rifle with intent to endanger life.

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On wednesday november 7th 2012 by up to 8 prison offices in riot gear was wearing restraints and was unable to defend himself or shield from this brutal onslaught. this type of abuse is carried out against prisons on a regular basis in your name maghaberry not in my keep out

Free Stephen Murney

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2013-05-09 StephenMurney+

The advertising hoarding at the corner of Divis Street and Northumberland Street continues to provide incongruouscounterpoints to the material below it. Stephen Murney is an éirígí activist currently in prison on terrorism charges (BBC-NI). On the left are the outstretched arms of Jim Larkin, whose statue was featured two days ago.

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