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The Rioter (The Saturday Matinee)

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This mural is popularly known as ‘Saturday Matinee’ because young people in Derry would spend Saturdays (and many other days) rioting against the British Army, which had been deployed in August 1969 after the Battle Of The Bogside. The official title is The Rioter and it is the eighth mural from the Bogside Artists in The People’s Gallery. The original photograph on which the mural is based is by Clive Limpkin.

Glenfada Park, Bogside, Derry

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Operation Motorman

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22,000 British soldiers were involved in retaking the “no-go” areas of Derry and Belfast in Operation Motorman, in July 1972. This is the seventh mural from the Bogside Artists in what would become The People’s Gallery.

The plaque on the left is “dedicated to the memory of Patrick Shiels Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann 1878-1957. Erected by the republican movement 11th April 2007 to mark his 50th anniversary. I measc laochra na nGael go raıbh sé”. Paddy Shiels took part in the Easter Rising and was later Derry OC. See BMH testimony #676 by Liam Brady.

Rossville St, Derry

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The Runner

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‘The Runner’ is the final mural painted by the Bogside Artists in the series that would in 2007 be collectively given the name The People’s Gallery (the John Hume mural would be added in 2008). The mural shows youths running from CS gas in Creggan. There are portraits of Manus Deery (see his Bogside plaques) and (obscured) Charles Love in the bottom left; the plaque to Love in the centre is retained.

Fahan Street, Bogside, Derry

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The Petrol Bomber

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The Petrol Bomber was first painted by the Bogside Artists in 1994 and modified a number of times in the first few years, to change the badge to “No RUC” and to a green ribbon.

Part of The People’s Gallery (Visual History) along Lecky Road and Rossville Street in Derry’s Bogside.

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The Death Of Innocence

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The mural to the first child killed in the Troubles, Annette McGavigan, entitled The Death Of Innocence, was repainted by the Bogside Artists in 2006. On account of the success of the peace process and IRA decommissioning of weapons, the rifle on the left is broken.

Lecky Road, Derry

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Patsy O’Hara

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“Years from now they will ask you where you were when your comrades were dying on hungerstrike. Shall you say you were with us or shall you say that you were conforming to the very system that drove us to our deaths[?]” INLA (sign the light-pole as well as the flags and red star in the mural) volunteer Patsy O’Hara, from Derry, joined the hunger strike on the same day as Raymond McCreesh (March 22nd) and died, 61 days later, later in the same day (May 21st, 11:29 p.m.) as him (2:11 a.m.).

Lecky Rd, Derry

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Bloody Sunday Commemoration

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A Christian cross is added to the Bloody Sunday memorial mural in Westland Street, Derry. A version without a cross was seen previously in 1999 and 2004. (The latter gives the names of the victims.) There is an oak leaf – symbol of Derry – for each of the fourteen victims.

Westland Street, Derry

In Loving Memory

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“In loving memory South Belfast Brigadier John McMichael, South Belfast UFF commander Joe Bratty.” Listed on the tombstones are Steven Audley 17 Mar 91, Harry Black 30 Sep 92, Jim Kenna 25 Jul 72, Frankie Smith 31 Jan 73, William Kingsberry 13 Nov 91, Stephen Kingsberry 10 Mar 97, Ernie Dowds 10 Oct 95, Sammy Hunt 5 Sep 76, Raymie Elder 31 Jul 94, William Hamilton 9 Sep 94, Tommy Morgan 29 Aug 94.

Lemberg Street, south Belfast, replacing the volunteers in tracksuits.

Village Eddie

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A Visual History page details the various appearances of Eddie The Head in his guise as a Red Coat soldier-cum-UDA volunteers. In this Village Eddie, he carries an assault rifle and wears a UDA skull-cap, but, as in the Iron Maiden album cover, is trailed by the Grim Reaper. For the “reaper come to call” verse added to the right, see M02487.

“Village, Donegall Rd, Ormeau Rd, Roden St, Lisburn Rd, Sandy Row” – South Belfast A battalion

Tavanagh Street, Village, Belfast

The Young, The Brave, The Fearless!

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“Village, south Belfast, 2nd battalion, B company.” Young Citizen Volunteers of both the Home Rule (1912) and Troubles periods are shown shouldering rifles.

Broadway, Village, south Belfast