Dorothy Maguire and her sister Maura Meehan were killed in their car by the British Army near Cape Street in the lower Falls in the early hours of October 23rd, 1917. They were both members of Cumann na mBan (Choosing The Green).
Whiterock Road, Belfast.
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Unionist women through the ages, including Ulster 1914 and the signing of the Ulster Covenant.
Enfield Street, Belfast.
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Board in Meenan Square, Derry, for “International Women’s Day 2011 – PRAMS Positive Relations Amongst Mothers” with support from the Lotto, the Big Lottery Fund, and Dove House.
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“Forced to endure years of brutality, humiliation, degradation and torture, the prisoners embarked on hunger-strike.” The 1980 hunger strike involved Brendan Hughes, Raymond McCartney, Tommy McKearney, Tommy McFeely, Leo Green, Sean McKenna, and John Nixon. On December first, three women in Armagh prison also went on strike (newspaper/posters from left to right): Mairéad Farrell on the dirty protest in her cell (for the original image, see Prison Walls), Mairéad Nugent, Mary Doyle.
The Relatives’ Action Committee was a women-led movement founded in 1976 in Turf Lodge (but with local groups in many places) in order to support the prisoners’ campaign for political status and the Five Demands. For background, see the NVTv documentary on Tar Anall | chapter 5 of Shattering Silence | the documents collected at hungerstrikes.org.
See also the previous posts The Conveyor Belt | Do You Care?
If you can identify the three speakers (perhaps Geraldine McKee. Rosemary Lawlor, Mary Ferris?), please comment or send an e-mail.
On the right, Farrell reads An Phoblacht/Republican News reporting on the assassination of politician and hunger-strike activist John Turnley by the UDA (WP). The headline on the cover reads “Don’t let Thatcher fill these [coffins]” and a graffitist has added “because Adams will” – a reference to the allegations of Richard O’Rawe (BelTel | The Blanket).
Initially without the quotation along the top. The mural was launched on the anniversary date: October 27th, 2010.
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“A soldier standing at heaven’s gates/To St. Peter he did tell/I’m here to enter heaven now/I’ve served my time in hell.” 36th (Ulster) Division mural by Dee Craig in The Larches, Carrickfergus.
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“Together we stand alone, we band of brothers.” The four panels show the Ulster Volunteers become soldiers of the 36th Division, leaving the north vulnerable to nationalist attack (“Deserted I Stand Alone“) but raising the Division flag in the style of the Marine Corps monument in Arlington National Cemetery (USA). (This panel takes the place of the hooded gunmen that were previously in the centre.)
Grange Drive, Ballyclare.
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“Rosemary Nelson murdered by RUC”. Solicitor Rosemary Nelson was killed by the Red Hand Defenders in Lurgan in 1999, allegedly with collusion from the RUC.
Dorans Hill, Newry.
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“Always rebel” – an exhortation to women in Magazine Street, Derry.
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This two-part mural is on the shops in St James’s Plac. On the left, a welcome to international visitors and a call for tolerance; on the right, Mary McAleese, Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie and Mairead Farrell serve as “women of inspiration”.
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“In proud and loving memory of all local volunteers, prisoners of war, republican activists and the unsung heroes who died of natural causes having served the cause of Irish republicanism [“sean óglach” on the individual plaques]. Together in unity you formed a bond which gave true meaning to the undefeated risen people. Your deeds of bravery and resistance will never be forgotten by the people of greater St. James’s. In your honour the quest for Irish freedom continues.” With the famous “our steps will be onward” quote from Máire Drumm at an anti-internment rally in Dunville Park on 10th August, 1975 (RN). Coiste Cuimhneacháin Lár Na bhFál/Ard Na bhFeá [Memorial committee of mid-Falls/Beechmount].
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