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Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland
Republican Mural - Military Images
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Text and Photograph: Bill Rolston ... Page Compiled: Fionnuala McKenna
Theme
Killing of eight IRA volunteers at Loughgall, Co. Armagh,
May 1987
An active service unit of the IRA attacked an RUC (Royal
Ulster Constabulary - police) station in Loughgall. The SAS
were waiting for them. The eight IRA men were killed, plus one
civilian passerby. The mural gives the names of the IRA
volunteers, in Irish, as well as the shields and names of the four
provinces of Ireland, Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht. A
Celtic cross is also depicted.
Location and Date
Springhill Avenue, Belfast, 1987
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