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Gasmask Mural with Paddy Coyle an the Bogside Artists (Credit: Bogside Artists Ireland, Facebook)
August 12 marked the 30th anniversary of the unveiling of Derry’s Gasmask Mural in the Bogside.
It was unveiled on the 25th anniversary of the Battle of the Bogside, a major event and one of the igniting events of the Troubles.
The Bogside Artists Ireland posted on Facebook to commemorate this anniversary.
The post said: “30 years ago today, on the 12th of August 1994, we unveiled the now world-renowned Gasmask Mural in the Bogside.
“1994 was the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Bogside, a major event in 1969 at would change our lives forever and the course of our history.”
As part of the post, a picture was posted of the mural, the Bogside Artists, and Paddy Coyle.
The famous mural is of Coyle as a 12-year-old in a gas mask during the battle.
Sadly, Coyle and one of the artists, William Kelly, have passed since the unveiling of the mural. And the post remembered both Coyle and Kelly.
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