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 14-year-old Kathleen Feeney ,who was killed by an IRA sniper in Quarry Street , Derry on the 14th November 1973,on display at the In Their Footsteps exhibition in Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Gt James Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 034
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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 – 035
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Shoes belonging to the ‘Derry Four’ who, as teenagers, were wrongly accused of killing a British soldier in Derry in February 1979, on display at the In Their Footsteps exhibition in Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Gt James Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 040
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Shoes belonging to Brian Donnelly ,who was injured during an attack on the Eagle Bar in Clarlemount, County Armagh in May 1976 by the loyalist Glenanne Gang, on display at the In Their Footsteps exhibition in Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Gt James Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 036