This Easter Rising (1916) mural shows Countess Markievicz (WP) outside the Dublin GPO, accompanied by Connolly and Pearse, though they would end up inside.
Whiterock Road, west Belfast.
(Also shown, in 2014, in the foreground of Yes Yes Catalonia.)
It’s difficult to get the whole mural without the fence and light-post. Below is a shot of the whole …
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Copyright © 2004 Cathal Woods
X00060 X00061 freedom fighters outside the G.p.o. easter rising 1916
The handgun is “authorised by MI5” and “approved on behalf of her majesty’s government”.
Quote from Gusty Spence: “[There was] An element of the UVF [reconstituted in 1935 and some] were covertly enlisted by the Ulster Government at a fee of ten shillings a day to promote a sectarian war …”. (Balaclava Street)
The report of the Stevens Inquiry was published in 2003 and the Cory reports in 2004; both concluded that there had likely been collusion between the RUC and loyalist paramilitaries and called for public inquiries into specific cases.
Whiterock Road, west Belfast. Here is another ‘collusion is not an illusion’ mural, in Ardoyne.
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Copyright © 2004 Cathal Woods
X00055 collusion, it’s not an illusion
“Collusion is not an illusion, it is state murder.” “10 people from Ardoyne were murdered with weapons imported by the British government from South Africa by their agent Brian Nelson in January 1988 until 1994. The consignment of weapons smuggled in by Nelson: 200 AK47 rifles, 90 Browning 9mm pistols, 500 grenades, 30,000 rounds of ammunition, 1 dozen RPG7 rocket launchers and warheads.”
Ardoyne Avenue, north Belfast.
See also another ‘collusion is not an illusion’ mural, on the Whiterock.
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Copyright © 2004 Ronan Woods
X00040 collusion is not an illusion, it is state murder, 10 people from ardoyne were murdered by weapons imported by the british government from south africa by their agent brian nelson in january 1988 until 1994, the consignment of weapons smuggled in by nelson 200 AK47 rifles 90 browning 9mm pistols 500 grenades 30,000 rounds of ammunition 1 dozen rpg7 rocket launchers and warheads
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