Baord on the back of Free Derry Corner for the ninth annual Gasyard Wall Féile (the first was in 1993). Lecky Road, Derry
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Author: Extramural Activity
Murder In Mind
A small tribute to the Bloody Sunday dead on the 30th anniversary of the event: portraits of fifteen victims with two verses of a song “Murder In Mind”: “They came to our town, the Paras, with murder in mind//As people marched down from Creggan/Towards the Guildhall for civil rights/It was a cold but sunny day/No one could image what was in front of them that sunny day.//The Paras stood in William Street/Laughing and chatting and raring to go/To murder for king and crown/And for Ted Heath 10 Downing Street”.
For the memorial pillar itself, see these images from 1974, its inaugural year.
Rossville Street, Derry
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A Colossus Of The Struggle
Two recent deaths are commemorated with stones placed next to Free Derry Corner in Rossville Street.
Barney McFadden was a Derry IRA and Sinn Féin activist, interned during the 70s and noted in later years for opposing criminal actions by republicans (Irish Times). He was described by Martin McGuinness at the funeral as “a colossus of the struggle” (An Phoblacht). In this video, he shares his memories of the Derry Gasyard.
John “Caker” Casey (1946-2000) painted the slogan “You are now entering Free Derry” in block lettering on the gable wall of 33 Lecky Road in August 1969, for the visit of Home Secretary Jim Callaghan. (The original graffiti version was done by Liam Hillen in January.) For a history of Free Derry Corner, see its Visual History page.
Derry
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PSNI Out
“PSNI out”, “CRF” (Catholic Reaction Force) “RIRA” and “BRY” (Bogside Republican Youth) graffiti in (the old) Dove Gardens, Derry. A Celtic player (Henrik Larsson?) completes the scene.
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Bloody Sunday
This Bloody Sunday info board in Rossville Street, Derry, is directed at an international audience, being “dedicated to all those throughout the world who have struggled, suffered imprisonment and lost their lives in the pursuit of liberty, justice and civil rights” and focusing as much on the Widgery report (“branded a whitewash by human rights groups throughout the world”) and continued demands for justice as on the events of the day.
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Nothing Has Changed!
David Trimble (or John Hume?), George Mitchell? (who represents the British crown), and Ian Paisley are the puppets of the RUC (rebranded as the PSNI).
Fahan, Street, Derry
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Seamus Bradley
“In proud and loving memory of Vol. Seamus Bradley, killed on active service 31st July 1972. Beirigi bua.” For (a little) more, see Hegarty And Bradley.
Central Drive, Derry
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Hegarty And Bradley
“On July 31st 2001 two tree were planted on the grounds of Sean Dolan‘s GFC to commemorate Daniel Hegarty (15) and Seamus Bradley (19) murdered by British Troops during Operation Motorman on July 31st 1972.” Both teens were from Creggan. It is alleged that IRA volunteer Bradley was taken away and tortured after being shot; calls for an inquiry continue (Derry Journal | Pensive Quill).
Bligh’s Lane, Derry
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Saoirse
“Saoirse [freedom] – Free the prisoners” (somewhere on) Falls Road, Belfast.
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Join Now
“Éire Nua” was (and is) the name of a Sinn Féin policy document first produced in 1979 and subsequently updated; Republican Sinn Féin split off in 1986 and – like Na Fianna Éireann and Continuity IRA – still supports the vision outlined in it. Notable here is the inclusion of a (now-defunct) web address. Divis Street, Belfast.
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