The Troubles
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England’s Vietnam (Irish album artwork, 1977)
Text: England’s Vietnam. Year: 1977. Publisher: NA. Artist: NA. Additional information: The album cover features an image borrowed from a famous Republican poster promoting the Belfast Brigade, suggesting that The Troubles in Northern Ireland would be to Britain what the Vietnam War was to the US. The record is a compilation of folk songs performed…
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Brits out! (Irish Republican poster, 1980)
Text: Brits out! 8th Annual Commemoration – Bloody Sunday – Derry – Sunday 27th January – Assemble: 2.30p.m. Creggan Shops – MARCH AND RALLY – Prominent Republican Speakers. Year: 1980. Publisher: An Phoblacht newspaper. Artist: NA. Additional information: Design shows three British soldiers against a red background, one of them aiming at the viewer. It…
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Merry Christmas! (Irish Republican Christmas card, ca. 1985)
Text: Merry Christmas! Year: 1980s. Publisher: Provisional IRA. Artist: Francis ‘Lucas’ Quigley. Additional information: Illustration from a Christmas card published by the Provisional IRA in the 1980s showing Santa with a sackful of weapons and a RPG. Next to him stands a Christmas tree with a ballot box underneath, while ballots rain down in reference…
