The [Irish republican] Felons’ Club or Cumann Na Méırleach Poblachtach Éıreannach (Fb | tw) in 2003. The club was described by Danny Morrison for The Guardian in 1999; despite his pessimism, the club survives to this day (2017).
Falls Road, west Belfast.
Featured previously: an Easter Rising mural inside the club.
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“In proud memory of the volunteers from ‘A’ company 1st battalion Belfast brigade Oglaıgh na h-Eıreann who gave their lives in the struggle for Irish freedom also all comrades from the greater republican family who have died and all the people from the area who have been murdered at the hands of the British Army, RUC, UDR and loyalist murder gangs. I measc laochra na nGael go raıbh a n-anamacha.” Shaws Road.
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Silhouetted figures with raised fists and flashing the victory sign protest for saoırse (freedom).
Lenadoon Avenue, west Belfast
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Nail-ups in Kilgreel Road and (two from) Fountain Hill, Antrim, combining UDA (including UYM) and UVF (including PAF – Protestant Action Force (WP)) emblems. Another Steeple Defenders flute band piece appeared in Parkhall Road.
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Here are four boards/murals (from Glen Road, Andersonstown Road, Andersonstown Road, and Shaws Road) calling people to a march and rally against collusion on August 10th, 2003. Two include a vintage poster of Margaret “Thatcher – wanted for state murder.”
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The Battle of the Somme began on July 1st, 1916, which was also the date (in the Julian calendar) of the Battle of the Boyne. The 36th (Ulster) Division of the British Army lost more than 5,000 men in the initial attack and counter-attack. The battle lasted until November 18th.
Parkhall Road, Antrim
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The flag of the UVF includes the St George’s Cross in the top left, with the red hand of Ulster in the bottom right (replaced here by the letters “UVF”), on a field of purple.
Parkhall Road, Antrim
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“In memory of a dear friend.” UVF volunteer Denver Smith was killed in the early morning of January 1st, 2000 by a gang of six men with machetes and pikes; the incident was perhaps drugs-related (Guardian | BBC-NI. For the wider picture An Phoblacht | Irish Times).
Parkhall Road, Antrim with kerbstones in the colours of the UVF.
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Side-by-side in Parkhall Road, Antrim, are board to the 36th (Ulster) Division at the Battle of the Somme, and the local Steeple Defenders flute band (Fb) (and modern UVF and YCV).
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A new meaning for the initials “UDA” on the walls of the old Derry City: Unlimited drugs available. For a 2003 accusations of UDA drug-dealing (in both Derry and Belfast) see this article from An Phoblacht.
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