Crowley, Tony
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Republican mural, Donegall Rd/St James Crescent, St James, West Belfast. IRA volunteer Francis Liggett (left) and Sinn Féin member Paddy Brady (right) with Sinn Féin insignia over map of Ireland; excerpts from poem by Bobby Sands - 'Weeping Winds' ('Oh, whispering winds why do you weep/When roaming free you are./Oh, is it that your poor hearts broke/And scattered of afar?/Or is it that you hear the cries/Of people born unfree,/Who like your way have no control/Or sovereign destiny? - Oh, lonely winds that stalk the night/To haunt the sinner’s soul/Pray pity me, a wretched lad/Who never will grow old./Pray pity those who lie in pain/The bondsman and the slave,/And whisper sweet the breath of God/ Upon myhumble grave'). Liggett was killed by the British Army while on an IRA operation in 1973; Brady was assassinated by the UFF in 1984.Republican
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Physical rights are retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. Copyright is retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley.
