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    1988
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    Murals; Loyalist; Battle of the Somme; UVF; RIR
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    Loyalist mural, Craven St./Shankill Road. West Belfast, 1988 (orig 1986). Mural 'In commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'; image depicts actions of '36th Ulster Division (U.V.F.) [Ulster Volunteer Force] R.I.R. [Royal...
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    1987
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    Murals; Republicans; Sinn Féin; Censorship
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    Republican mural, Springhill Avenue/Springfield Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1989. Map of Ireland, with Sinn Féin symbol; 'Britain Ignores the Force of Argument Censored'; in 1988 the British Government banned British news organisations from...
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    1988
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    Murals; Loyalist; Siege of Derry; UDA; UDF; LPA; UFF
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    Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1988. Mural represents 'Shutting the Gates of Derry' against Catholic forces by the Protestant Apprentice Boys in 1689. Symbol above mural - 'First Ulster Defence Association', above Crown and date 1688;...
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    1988
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    Graffiti; Loyalist; Michael Stone; Milltown Cemetery
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    Loyalist graffiti, Village/Southlink, South Belfast, 1988. Graffiti refers to actions of Michael Stone, a Loyalist paramilitary who attacked Sinn Féin funeral of IRA Volunteers killed in Gibraltar at Milltown Cemetery in 1988; Stone killed three...
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    1988
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    Graffiti; Loyalist; Michael Stone; Milltown Cemetery
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    Loyalist graffiti, Sandy Row, South Belfast, 1988. Graffiti salutes Michael Stone, a Loyalist paramilitary who attacked Sinn Féin funeral of IRA Volunteers killed in Gibraltar at Milltown Cemetery in 1988; Stone killed three and injured sixty....
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    1988
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    Murals; Loyalist; Battle of the Somme; UVF; RIR
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    Loyalist mural, Craven St./Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1988 (orig 1986). Mural 'In commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'; image depicts actions of '36th Ulster Division (U.V.F.) [Ulster Volunteer Force] R.I.R. [Royal...
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Prisoners
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    Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, North Belfast, 1988. Mural depicts IRA Volunteer Joe Doherty (a native of New Lodge). Doherty was imprisoned for the killing of a British soldier and escaped from Crumlin Road Jail in 1981; arrested in...
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Prisoners
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    Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, North Belfast, 1988. Mural refers to IRA Volunteer Joe Doherty (a native of New Lodge). Doherty was imprisoned for the killing of a British soldier and escaped from Crumlin Road Jail in 1981; arrested in...
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Prisoners
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    Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, North Belfast, 1988. Mural depicts IRA Volunteer Joe Doherty (a native of New Lodge). Doherty was imprisoned for the killing of a British soldier and escaped from Crumlin Road Jail in 1981; arrested in...
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    1988
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    Murals; Catholic
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    Catholic mural, Upper Meadow Street/New Lodge Road,New Lodge, North Belfast, 1988. Mural depicts Catholic imagery - Lamb of God, Cross, Holy Spirit in the form of a dove; local children.
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Prisoners
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    Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, North Belfast, 1988. Mural depicts IRA Volunteer Joe Doherty (a native of New Lodge). Doherty was imprisoned for the killing of a British soldier and escaped from Crumlin Road Jail in 1981; arrested in...
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Gaelic; Spanish
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    Republican mural, Lenadoon Avenue, Lenadoon, West Belfast, 1988. Gaelic inscription: 'Beidh an Lá Linn' (Our Day Will Come); Spanish: 'Venceremos' (We Shall Win'.
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Gaelic
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    Republican mural, Rosnareen Avenue, Anderstown, West Belfast, 1988. Gaelic slogan: 'Saor agus Sóisialach!' (Free and Socialist). Paintbombed and graffiti.
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Gaelic; Spanish
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    Republican mural, Lenadoon Avenue, Lenadoon, West Belfast, 1988. Gaelic slogan: 'Beidh an Lá Linn' (Our Day Will Come); Spanish: 'Venceremos' (We Shall Win'. 'Smash H-Block'; 'INLA'; Stop Strip Searching'; 'Provies'.
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikers
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    Republican mural, Brompton Park, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 1988. Quote from Bobby Sands, Hunger Striker: 'I remember, and I shall never forget, how this monster took the lives of Tom Ashe, T. MacSwiney, M.Gaughan, F.Stagg, and H.Coney, and I wonder...
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    1988
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    Memorial; Plaque; Republicans
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    Republican memorial, plaque, Sinn Féin Office, Berwick Rd, Ardoyne, 1988. Memorial to Republican volunteers, Gaelic Cross, 'It is not those who can inflict the most, but those who can endure the most shall win' (Terence McSwiney, Republican Hunger...
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Maze prison; Prisoners; Gaelic
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    Republican mural, Lenadoon Walk, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1988. Prisoner over Maze Prison, inscription reads: 'Chifidh muid éirí na Gealaí' (We shall see the rising of the moon) - reference to the 1798 rebellion.
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    1988
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    Memorial; Plaque; Republicans; IRA Volunteers
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    Republican memorial, Lenadoon Avenue, Lenadoon, West Belfast, 1988. Names of IRA volunteers and local civilians killed in this area 1971-1988. Crests of four provinces of Ireland, IRA volunteers - man and woman. 'They were Faithful... and they...
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    1988
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    Plaque; Republicans; Commemoration
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    Republican memorial, Sinn Féin Office, Berwick Rd, Ardoyne, 1988. Memorial to Republican volunteers. Central black granite plaque depicting a phoenix rising from the flames and reading: 'Freedom hath arisen Oft from prison bars Oft from battle...
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    1988
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    Murals; Republicans; Maze prison; Prisoners; Gaelic
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    Republican mural, Lenadoon Walk, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1988. Prisoner over Maze Prison, inscription reads: 'Chifidh muid éirí na Gealaí' (We shall see the rising of the moon) - reference to the 1798 rebellion.

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