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Republican mural, Hawthorn Street, Falls, West Belfast, 2009. The mural is painted on the house of Daniel McCann, one of three IRA (Irish Republican Army) Volunteers killed on Active Service in Gibraltar, 1988; the other two volunteers were Mairéad Farrell and Sean Savage. Mural contains portraits; photograph of funeral; IRA firing party; Rock of Gibraltar. 'Gibraltar Vol: Mairéad Farrell Vol: Sean Savage Vol: Dan McCann Executed by the S.A.S 6th March 1988 'Oh cold dark winds that pierce the dark/You cry in aged tones/For souls of folk you've brought to God/But still you bear the moans/Oh! Weeping winds, this lonely night/My mother's heart is sore,/Oh! Lord of all, breathe freedom's breath/That she may weep no more! Weeping winds Bobby Sands'; plaque to left: 'I nDil Chuimhne In Proud and Loving Memory of Volunteers Dan McCann Mairead Farrell Sean Savage Oglaigh na-hEireann Who Were Executed by British Crown Forces in Gibraltar 6th Marh 1988'. ; Republican