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INLA Plot (Derry City Cemetery)

Information on memorial
Memorial ID No.:
226
Memorial Title:
INLA Plot (Derry City Cemetery)
Commemorating:
INLA and IRSP members who were killed in the conflict, plus some members who died of natural causes. There is also a memorial to the 10 Republicans who died on Hunger Strike in 1981.
Information about person(s) commemorated
Date of Incident:
May
Description:
The monument is comprised of a figurative statue on a large inscribed plinth, and large oval-shaped inscribed stone on two small stone plinths, with two flagepoles. Figurate statue is of a masted INLA member in uniform with rifle standing to attention.
Inscription(s):
Inscriptions on oval-shaped memorial stone, also inscriptions on the sides of the main plinth.
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Location Address:
Derry City Cemetery, Creggan, Derry,
County Derry, Northern Ireland.
BT48
Location Guide:
Near west wall (south-west corner) of the City Cemetery in Creggan, Derry. Entering through the main Creggan gate the INLA plot can be found by following the road directly ahead and across the cemetery and then turning up towards the boundary wall.
Map Grid Ref:
IC420162
X,Y Co-ordinates:
X: 242048, Y: 416282
Previous Location:
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Nature:
Paramilitary, Republican, INLA
Physical Type:
Other, Republican Plot, Monument
Physical Materials:
Stone Granite
Setting:
Cemetery
Access:
Public Restricted
Post Unveiling:
The monument attracted controversary when Unionist politicians objected to its presence and enquired about lack of planning permission for the monument.
Commissioned By:
Republican Socialst Movement
Artist(s):
Date Unveiled:
5 March 2000
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First Viewed:
10 November 2007
Last Viewed:
23 March 2008
Photographs:
11
Comments:
Some of the people mentioned on the memorial are not listed in Sutton's Index of Deaths.
Compiler:
Martin Melaugh; Sara McDowell

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