The scroll reads “Out of the ashes of 1969” arose the Provisional IRA, but the lineage is a long one and all but one of the organisations, events, and arms depicted here precede 1969: Cumann na mBan, Na Fianna Éireann, Óglaigh Na hÉireann, a Celtic shield and sword, a pike (from the 1798 Rebellion), a Thompson gun, the Tricolour; only the assault rifle is modern and perhaps also is meant to indicate the Provisionals, Belfast Brigade. “Fuair siad bás as son saoirse na hÉireann.”
An in-progress shot from March 5th is below. Replaces Laochra Na nGael.
21 portraits of locals were later added – see M08552.
For a PUL use of the phrase, see Out Of The Ashes.
New Lodge Road, Belfast
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