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Title
mni00636
Creator
Crowley, Tony
Publication Information
Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Murals of Northern Ireland
Rights Information
Physical rights are retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. Copyright is retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley.
Description
Republican mural, Shaws Road, West Belfast, 1981.Mural protesting death of Bobby Sands, first Hunger Striker to die. 'The Lark and the Freedom Fighter' (title of collection of Sands' writings from prison). Quotation from text: 'I have the spirit of freedom that cannot be quenched by even the most horrendous treatment. Of course I can be murdered, but while I remain alive, I remain what I am, a political prisoner of war, and no one can change that'. Image of Sands, with Irish Tricolour and barbed wire.
Republican
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
mni00636.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mni/id/533
Language
English
Subject
Mural painting and decoration
Republican
Sands, Bobby, -1981
Time Period
1981
Source
Scanned from original photograph
Relation
Murals of Northern Ireland Collection https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/mni

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