“Vote Sinn Féin 1 2 3 4” and “Tiocfaidh ár lá!” have been painted on top of a 1981 mural based on a poster sent by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini, which featured the head of Bobby Sands against a backdrop of skeletal bodies, one of which can still be seen in the top middle of the wall. Somewhat ironically, the original mural also included the quote to the right: “The Irish Republican Army is right: The British government does not listen to the ballot box in Ireland and the only thing they will listen to in Ireland is what they listened to in other colonies: agitation, rebellion, and armed forces”, making this an ‘evolution of our revolution‘ mural. (An image of the original mural can be found on p. 79 of Bill Rolston’s Painting and Politics.)
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