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Title
mni00064
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, Sevastopol Street/Falls Road, West Belfast, 1989. Painted on the side of Sinn Féin offices on the Falls Road, mural is an image taken from the front page of the Republican newspaper, An Phoblacht/Republican News; Ireland, with Tricolour and Starry Plough, with British soldier leaving to join others at bottom. On right: image depicts two IRA volunteers bringing down a British army helicopter with an M60 heavy machine gun; colours of tricolour and starry plough; Gaelic reads 'Fiche Blian ag Streaghailt Bua do Mhuintir na h-Eireann' (Twenty Years of Struggle Victory to the People of Ireland). Large rocks at forefront are anti-car-bomb devices.
Republican
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
mni00064.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mni/id/215
Language
English
Subject
Mural painting and decoration
Republican
An Phoblacht
Republican News
Irish Republican Army
Gaelic language
Irish language
Time Period
1989
Source
Scanned from original photograph
Relation
Murals of Northern Ireland Collection https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/mni

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