Forced Entry Derry Mural
by Nina Ficur Feenan
Title
Forced Entry Derry Mural
Artist
Nina Ficur Feenan
Medium
Photograph
Description
One of the many famous Political Murals from the Bogside area of Derry in Northern Ireland. These Murals tell the political story of the Irish Nationalist / Republican community of the Bogside during the recent period of conflict known locally as the "Troubles". These Murals are a major tourist attraction as well as recounting historic events and individuals. The Murals were painted by local people known as the Bogside Artists and the material was fund raised by or donated by local residents. This particular Mural depicts a British Soldier forcing entry into a family home in the Bogside area of Free Derry during Operation Motorman, when the British Army invaded thousands of homes and arrested hundreds of Catholic irishmen from the age of 15 and interned them in concenration camps (Like Long Kesh) and gaols without trial or even without charge or probable cause. So many men were interned without trial that ships were used as floating prisons because the camps and gaols were full to capacity. The soldier is using a concrete hammer reinforced in steel to break down a wooden door before an armed snatch squad would enter and remove all males above the age of 15.
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November 24th, 2013
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