The image above (click through for a larger view) gives the names (both old and new) of the New Lodge “houses” (tower blocks) and the pairs of hunger strikers that appear on six of the seven buildings. The information is also given in the table below.

For the portraits of the hunger strikers on the roofs, see these images in the Seosamh Mac Coılle collection and these one | two from the Peter Moloney collection.

Name (Gaeılge) – Name (English) – Location – Name (Previous) – Hunger Strikers

Teach Mhéabha – Maeve House – New Lodge Rd. & Duncairn Pde – Templer – Hughes-west, O’Hara-east
Teach Eıthne – Eithne House – Lepper St. & Duncairn Pde – Alamein – Sands-west, McCreesh-east
Teach Fhınn – Finn House – Westernmost of the central trio – Alexander – Devine-north, Hurson-south
Teach na bhFıann – Fianna House – Northernmost of the central trio – Dill – McElwee-north, Stagg-south
Teach Oısín – Oisin House – Southernmost of the central trio – Alanbrook – Lynch-north, Doherty-south
Teach Chú Chulaınn – Cuchulainn House – Next to motorway – Churchill – Gaughan-north, McDonnell-south
Teach Ghráınne – Grainne House – N. Queen St. & Victoria Pde – Artillery – (none)

An initial source for the former names was this Fb page.

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