physical force – Page 45 – Paddy Duffy Collection

Turning The Screw

1995-01-012025-09-16Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

A tricoloured screw bears down a helmet comprising a Union Flag bowl and Ulster Banner visor.

Foyle Road end of Brook Street, Derry

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Battle Of The Bogside

1995-01-012025-11-08Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

A fist in flames to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the battle of the Bogside, and the beginning of the Troubles, 1969 – 1994. The Battle began on August 12th, 1969, with the declaration of “Free Derry” and exclusion of police. The British Army was deployed on the 14th.

For more information, see the documentaries Battle Of The Bogside and No Go on youtube, and the WP page.

Painted by Arlene Wege in Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry

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Green Ribbon Campaign

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A large green ribbon is added to Free Derry Corner (Visual History) as a call for prioritising the release of political prisoners in negotiations that take place during the ceasefire.

In the background is The Petrol Bomber.

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The Petrol Bomber

1995-01-012025-10-01Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The Petrol Bomber was the first mural painted by the Bogside Artists – Kevin Hasson, Tom Kelly, and William Kelly – as part of what would become The People’s Gallery (Visual History).

It shows 13 year-old Paddy Coyle (Derry Journal) with a Molotov cocktail and wearing a gas mask (used to protect rioters against CS gas). The original did not have the green ribbon on the boy’s badge – it is a symbol of the movement to have POWs released as part of any peace agreement.

The Rossville flats are in the background of the mural (though not of Clive Limpkin’s original photo, included below from this gallery of Limpkin’s images of Derry 1969-1972).

Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry

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George Seawright

1994-01-012025-09-18Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Murdered by the enemies of Ulster Nov 1987. “Be thou faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of life” – Revelation 2 V.10″

Controversial DUP and later independent politician and preacher George Seawright served as city councillor and NI Assembly member from 1981 to 1986, when he was jailed for his role in physically attacking NI Secretary of State Tom King. The “enemies of Ulster” in this case are the IPLO.

Side-wall: “In remembrance of all those who have given their lives and their freedom in the struggle to keep Ulster Protestant.”

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Copyright © 1994 Paddy Duffy (undated image; possibly 1993)
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Your Ship Awaits

1994-01-012025-09-17Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This mural calling for British troops to leave uses the same slogan as in other murals — “Slán abhaıle” — but different imagery, of soldiers boarding the Belfast-Heysham (Lancashire, England) ferry.

This is possibly a cover of An Phoblacht but no source has yet come to light. The image below appeared in the edition of August 11th.

At the front of Rossnareen, Shaw’s Road, west Belfast

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25 Years Of Resistance

1994-01-012025-09-17Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Falls/Clonard 25 years of resistance”. The mural combines an image of British troops deployed to Belfast in 1969 (similar to this Stan Meagher photo) with Stephen Bradley’s photo of women banging bin-lids on the ground to alert the community to the presence of soldiers, against a background of burnt-out buildings (reminiscent of Bombay Street).

The writing on the lower wall – “25 years – time for peace, time to go. Demilitarise now!” – was produced by a stencil – see the Peter Moloney Collection for in-progress images.

Slán Abhaıle

1994-01-012025-09-17Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

British soldiers trooping back towards London, being painted on the back of Free Derry Corner, on Lecky Road, Derry. The piece is by Robert Ballagh, taking a famous photograph of British forces in the Falklands marching (“yomping”) towards Port Stanley and placing it in a circle (to suggest a closing eye, perhaps) below tricoloured party balloons.

The image was also produced as a mural in the Short Strand (east Belfast) and on a board above the Sınn Féın offices/Sıopa Na hEalaíne in west Belfast and as a mural on Free Derry Corner and on a board in Shantallow, Derry and on a board in Letterkenny.

Ardoyne Avenue, north Belfast

Rockland Street King Billy

1990-07-012025-09-15Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The Rockland Street or Village King Billy was repainted many times over its long life-span, including this 1990 refresh.

For other versions, see the mural’s Visual History page.

Young Conquerors

1990-07-012025-09-15Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The Young Conquerors flute band (Fb) and the South Belfast UVF celebrate the 300th anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, with a new mural in Pine Street, Donegall Pass, south Belfast. The emblems of the RIR and 36th Division are in the bottom corners, and the flag on the left is a regimental flag of the Ulster Volunteers.