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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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 – 042
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Shoes belonging to lawyer Pat Finucane, who was murdered by loyalist gunmen in his north Belfast home on the 12th February 1989, on display at the In Their Footsteps exhibition in Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Gt James Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 041
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Shoes belonging to 15 and a half months old Jacqueline O’Brien ,who was killed along with her 5- months old sister Anne-Marie and their parents Johnny and Anna by a loyalist car bomb in Parnell Street, Dublin on the 17th May 1974,on display at the In Their Footsteps exhibition in Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin, Gt James Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 038
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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 – 042