Here are two more shots of the hillside of Black mountain above the Springfield Road during the G8 summit June 17-18. For more on the ‘Massacre’ mural, see Springhill-Westrock Massacre.
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The three central panels of the World Wars memorial in Tullycarnet (featured previously), along with two smaller stones, stand in front of a mural reading “Time for peace. Invest in kids … not war!”. The image of a boy playing with a ball against a wall is based on a 1994 photograph by Crispin Rodwell. The slogan in the photograph, originally, was “Time for peace; time to go” but for publication, as here, the second part was cropped out.
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This anti-drugs mural in Tullycarnet — “Build a better future for our children – teach them to say No” — replaces a UDA mural – see Release The Political Hostages.
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Brian Shivers, who was convicted in 2012 (Indo) of the 2009 Masserene Barracks shooting (WP) has had his conviction quashed at a retrial (Irish Times). The “RIP you bastard” is unclear – it might refer to the fact that he suffers from cystic fibrosis or that, now free, he is a marked man.
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Young Citizen Volunteers/Ulster Volunteer Force/Protestant Action Force mural in Rathcoole.
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Flyer/sticker on a large electrical box in Derry on the case of Tony Taylor. “End the brutality in Maghaberry jail.” It then alleges that Taylor was assaulted while in restraints at Maghaberry. The flyer contends that Taylor was “arrested for possession of a plastic bag”, whereas the Tele reports that Taylor was arrested on charges of possession of a rifle with intent to endanger life.
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On wednesday november 7th 2012 by up to 8 prison offices in riot gear was wearing restraints and was unable to defend himself or shield from this brutal onslaught. this type of abuse is carried out against prisons on a regular basis in your name maghaberry not in my keep out
Victoria Cross recipient James Magennis was the only person from Northern Ireland awarded the VC for action during WWII (WP). Although the mural is in loyalist Tullycarnet, Magennis was a Catholic, born in west Belfast, though he later lived in Castlereagh.
A memorial to Magennis can be found in the grounds of City Hall (National Maritime Museum).
The mural replaces the Tullycarnet version of Eddie The Trooper (see Eddie’s Visual History page).
Previously: Edward Bingham, WWI VC recipient
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UFF, UDA, and UYM mural in Tullycarnet: Tullycarnet 5th Battalion, East Belfast Brigade
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Below is a close-up of the information board on Seamus Bradley, a 19 year-old IRA member who was killed during Operation Motorman, the British Army’s retaking of ‘Free Derry’ on July 31st, 1972. Bradley was found to be unarmed and bled to death while in British custody (according to the Pat Finucane Centre). The letter in the display case is addressed to Bradley’s brother, Daniel, from the MoD, and concludes “I regret to inform you … that there is nothing in the circumstances of his death, as detailed in the [Historical Enquiries Team] report, which would make it appropriate for the Government to apologise.”
The plaque is to Patrick Shiels (M03583).
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The smooth-talking alley-cat Fancy-Fancy (from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Top Cat) might or might not have painted this mural within a mural of the Tullycarnet Flute Band in the subway under King’s Road.
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