Spectators in Londonderry line the route of an Apprentice Boys re-enactment of the Siege of Derry. The “wombles” are the UDA, named for their fur-lined parkas (see Nelson Drive Wombles).
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“Dan Winter’s ancestral home – the focal point of the Battle Of The Diamond on 21st September 1795, which led to the formation of the Orange Order in Sloan’s house, Loughgall.”
Dan Winter’s cottage at “the Diamond” (the crossroad of Grange Road and Derryloughan Road) was occupied by (Catholic) Defenders as they marched towards the (Protestant) Peep-O-Day Boys on a nearby hill. 30 out of 300 Defenders would be killed while the Peep-O-Day Boys went unscathed. After the battle, the Protestant combatants met in Loughgall and formed the Orange Society. 10,000 Catholics would subsequently migrate from Armagh.
This is one of two buildings on Derryloughan Road with “Dan Winter’s Cottage” plaques.
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“This monument is erected by the County Grand Orange Lodge of Armagh to commemorate the bicentenary of the formation of the Orange Order after the Battle Of The Diamond on 21st September 1795.” The monument is near “the diamond” itself – the cross-roads of Grange Road and Derryloughan Road.
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“Support the prisoners” “Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann”. Graffiti in Lineside, Coalisland.
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Portraits of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers are arranged in the shape of an “H”. A similar board appears above the Sınn Féın office.
Lineside, Coalisland
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“Support republican prisoners. Political status now!” A phoenix rises over the watchtowers of Long Kesh.
Lineside, Coalisland
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“Tyrone brigade, Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann – Unbowed & Unbroken”.
The Square, Coalisland
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These two Provisional IRA boards – one memorial, one “active”, both with assault rifles – are almost facing each other in The Square, Coalisland.
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Here are two ‘ribbons’ from Coalisland (Lineside, Dungannon Rd), one green, for the release of political prisoners, the other black, for the deceased.
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“Republican prisoners are not criminals – bring back political status now. 1981-2006”. The illustration on the right of a prisoner behind bars dates back to the 1908s – see Remember The Prisoners. Killylea Road, Armagh. (A black-and-white version existed in Keady – see J2959.)
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