The board to the victims of rubber and plastic bullets in Islandbawn Street, is updated with a revised year: previously it read “Since 1972” now it reads “Since 1970 seventeen people killed including 8 children.” See also Civil Order, Plastic Death.
With graffiti below, originally stating “No votes for Sinn Fein traitors” modified to become “Vote for Sinn Fein”.
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Copyright © 2010 Peter Moloney
“Julie Livingstone aged 14 yrs. Murdered by the British Army 13th May 1981.” “The Stolen Child – Come away, O human child/To the waters and the wild/With a faery hand in hand/For the world’s more full of weeping/Than you can understand! – WB Yeats.” Livingstone was killed by a plastic bullet. The mural is in Glenveagh Drive. There is also a stone and plaque near the spot she was struck, on the Stewartstown Road.
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Copyright © 2010 Peter Moloney
This is a new plaque to John/Sean Downes, killed by an RUC plastic bullet on the Andersonstown Road in 1984. For the previous plaque, see M01946.
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Copyright © 2008 Peter Moloney
A week before Carol Ann Kelly was shot in Twinbrook, 14 year-old Julie Livingstone was also killed by a plastic bullet, on May 13th, 1981 in Lenadoon. The previous stone was also “erected by young people of Leicester, England”. Stewartstown Road, Belfast.
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Copyright © 2007 Peter Moloney
Here is a wide shot and some details of the two-part mural in Hugo Street, seen in progress in 2001 and completed in 2002. On the left is a depiction of the funeral of Joe McDonnell; on the right, posters and protesters from the time of the hunger strikes.
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Copyright © 2006 Peter Moloney
“Stephen McConomy, murdered by a plastic bullet aged 11 years on the 16th April 1982. Always remembered by his loving mother, brothers & family.” See previously: Civil Order. Fahan Street, Derry.
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Copyright © 2006 Peter Moloney
A plaque and info board are added alongside the updated Nora McCabe/plastic bullet mural in Islandbawn Street, Belfast: “This mural is dedicated to Norah McCabe and all the victims murdered by rubber & plastic bullets used by the RUC & British Army. Sponsored by the Troops Out Movement & was unveiled on behalf of Relatives For Justice by Mary Pearson 11/09/05.” “Tá an múr-ealain seo tíomnaithe do Norah McCabe agus do no hiobartaigh uilig maraithe agus gortiathe le piléir rubair agus plaisteacha ag an RUC agus ag Arm na Breataine. Tá an múr-ealain seo urraithe ag Troops Out Movement agus nochtadh é thar cheann Relatives For Justice ag Mary Pearson ar 11/09/05.”
(2001 with original plaque | 2003 without original plaque)
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Copyright © 2005 Peter Moloney
The long wall on Divis Street, Belfast, was originally largely covered by a to-scale stencil, called ‘Ban Plastic Bullets‘, detailing the distances at which the victims of plastic bullets were shot. The addition of Spot The Difference and West Belfast Taxis Tours in 2003 meant that only about half of it remained. These two are the right-hand side of the remaining mural.
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Copyright © 2003 Peter Moloney
The plaque to Nora McCabe (previously seen in Nora McCabe – The Truth) below the board commemorating the victims of rubber and plastic bullets is gone. “Since 1972, seventeen people killed – including 8 children”.
Islandbawn Street, Belfast
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Copyright © 2003 Peter Moloney
“Sean [aka John] Downes, age 22, murdered at this location by the RUC on the 12/8/84. Victim of state violence.” Downes was hit at close range by a plastic bullet outside Connolly House on the Andersonstown Road, Belfast during an attempt by police to arrest NORAID‘s Martin Galvin. Reserve Constable Nigel Hegarty was charged with manslaughter but was cleared.
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Copyright © 2002 Peter Moloney
