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The records include assessments of the volunteers made by their political superiors in the latter part of the war in Spain. Many are highly derogatory, referring to desertion, drunkenness and indiscipline, but should be taken with a pinch of salt, sometimes a very large amount. They were written for internal use, primarily as an assessment of suitability for future membership of the Communist Party at home and were often made by a party representative who may have had a grudge against certain individuals or may simply have been wrong. Many volunteers with outstanding military records in Spain – including senior ranking officers – received extremely critical assessments.
 
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Memorial stone and plaque at Moy Bridge (Co Tyrone) to Benjamin Murray, killed in Aragon in March 1938. Unveiled 8 March 2013.
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Milltown Cemetery – Jim Stranney listed on family headstone – Buried in Spain.
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Republican Plot Milltown Cemetery.  Memorial erected by Sinn Fein. March 2006.
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A plaque to the memory of Patsy McAllister. Erected by Workers Party November 2006.
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Stained glass window dedicated to the International Brigades in Belfast City Hall. Commissioned by Belfast City Council and unveiled on 24 November 2015.
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Plaque dedicated to the Irish volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War in the front garden of the headquarters of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement, 392 Falls Road, BT12 7PX. Unveiled on 9 August 2014 by IRSM.
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 Bronze plaque in the entrance to the Shankill Road Library to the seven Shankill men who died in Spain: William Beattie, Bill Henry, James Isaac Hillen, William P Laughlin, Joseph Lowry, Henry (Harry) McGrath and Andrew Molyneaux. Unveiled on 1 February 2014. Initiative of the Belfast-based International Brigade Commemoration Committee, with support from local community organisations.
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 Memorial and portraits of William (Liam) Tumilson, killed at Jarama in March 1937, and Jim Stranney, killed in the Battle of the Ebro, July 1938, at the Republican Memorial Garden in Arun Court, Arun Street, in the Short Strand area. Erected in 2010.
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Plaque naming local volunteers William Beattie and Dick O’Neill on the International Wall, Northumberland Street, off Falls Road. Unveiled on 26 July 2013 as part of Belfast’s annual Anti-Racism World Cup amateur soccer tournament.
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Mural to the Belfast men who fought against fascism in Spain on the International Wall, Northumberland Street, off Falls Road. Erected by Teach na Fáilte Irish Republican ex-prisoners' support group. Unveiled 20 April 2013.
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Plaque in Unite union office, 4th Floor, 26-34 Antrim Road, BT15 2AA. Unveiled 9 December 2009.
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Statue in Writers' Square. Erected by International Brigades Commemoration Committee and unveiled by Bob Doyle, 13 October 2007.
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