In Their Footsteps features shoes donated by bereaved families and has opend at Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin on Great James Street as part of the Bloody Sunday Trust’s 50th anniversary programme.
The exhibition is open daily 1pm to 5pm through to Saturday January 29, 2022.
A spokesperson for the organisers said: “This deeply moving exhibition of shoes donated by bereaved families across the island of Ireland is a poignant reminder of the pain and loss suffered by so many.”
The exhibition is curated by the Pat Finucane Centre, and includes shoes from various campaigns including the Ballymurphy Massacre, McGurk’s bar and victims of the Glenanne Gang.
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Shoes belonging to 42-year-old Sammy Devenny who died three months after he, his children and others were batoned and kicked by members of the RUC in their William Street home in Derry on the 19th April 1969, on display at the In Their Footsteps exhibition in Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Gt James Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 039
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Shoes belonging to Alex Nash who was shot and wounded and his son William who was killed on Bloody Sunday on display at the In Their Footsteps exhibition in Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Gt James Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 032
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Boxing boots behind a photograph of Jackie Duddy, who was shot dead on Bloody Sunday ,on display at the In Their Footsteps exhibition in Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Gt James Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 033
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Some of shoes donated by bereaved families across the island of Ireland to the In Their Footsteps exhibition in Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Gt James Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 031