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20-FEB-2013

Ireland - Derry - The Bogside

A series of outdoor murals called the People's Gallery, is located in the Bogside neighbourhood of Derry and they depict the events surrounding sectarian violence and civil rights protests in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. These were painted by The Bogside Artists - a trio of mural painters from Derry, consisting of Tom Kelly, his brother William Kelly, and Kevin Hasson.They first began working together in 1993 to document the events surrounding the Northern Ireland Troubles. With supplies donated from local residents, they painted several murals on the walls of buildings in Rossville Street commemorating the Battle of the Bogside and Bloody Sunday. From 1994 to 2008, they painted a total of twelve murals on this street in the Bogside, which they named The People's Gallery. The People's Gallery spans the entire length of Rossville Street, which runs through the centre of the Bogside. It is a unique visual display - an entire street devoted to an artistic representation of three decades of political conflict in the province as it affected the city and it occupies no less than four pages in the Lonely Planet guide to Ireland (2012). The murals were officially inaugurated in August 2007 and an additional mural dedicated to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and retired leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, John Hume was completed in 2008.


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