mni00645
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Digital Title |
mni00645 |
Object File Name |
mni00645.tif |
Photographer |
Crowley, Tony |
Subject |
Mural painting and decoration Republican H-Blocks Hunger strikes |
Description |
Republican mural, Andersonstown Road, West Belfast, 1981. Left: the lark in barbed wire ('The Lark and the Freedom Fighter' is the title of a collection of Bobby Sands' writings from prison), surrounded by emblems of four ancient provinces of Ireland. Centre: Republican phoenix arising from ashes of broken H-Block. Quotation from Nationalist ballad, 'A Nation Once Again', originally written by Thomas Davis, leader of the Young Ireland group in the 1840s: 'And then I prayed I yet might see, Our fetters rent in twain, And Ireland, long a province, be, A Nation once again'. Underneath, names of the first six Hunger Strikers to die: Bobby Sands MP; Francis Hughes, Ray McCreesh; Patrsy O'Hara; Joe Mc Donnell; Martin Hurson.!Hunger strike |
Publisher |
Claremont Colleges Library |
Date mural created |
1981 |
Affiliation |
Republican |
Language |
eng |
Source |
Scanned from original photograph |
Collection |
Murals of Northern Ireland Collection http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/mni |
Rights |
Physical rights are retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. Copyright is retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. |
Type |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
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