This Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) mural is an extremely rare example of a loyalist electoral mural. For another PUP mural, see C00952.
Dee Street, east Belfast
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This three-part UDA/UFF mural is in Island Street, Belfast. The “Ulster Freedom Fighters” is a cover name, beginning in 1973, for the Ulster Defence Association, formed in 1971.
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UDA markings at the bend in Dee Street, east Belfast.
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Emblems of the UDA and UYM (Ulster Young Militants) against pastel backgrounds in Island Street.
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“We are the pilgrims, master – we shall go always a little further” is a line from James Elroy Flecker’s verse poem Hassan and is inscribed on the clock tower of the the Hereford barracks of the SAS (WP). It is used here by “East Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force – The People’s Army”.
Tamar Street, east Belfast
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Three figureheads of the Protestant Reformation: Martin Lurther 1483-1546, John Calvin 1509-1564, and John Wesley 1703-1791.
Major Street, east Belfast
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The orange lily makes a rare appearance in a paramilitary mural. The hooded gunmen are from the UFF/UDA. Volunteer Stephen “Benson” Kingsberry is remembered in the panel towards the back of the house. He died from consuming tainted ecstasy (perhaps distributed by the UVF). He was included in the roll of honour in Lemberg Street.
Kilburn Street, south Belfast
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Two images from the Imperial War Machine (Men Resting | Recreation of men going over the top on the first day of the Battle Of The Somme) are reproduced in a Pansy Street, Belfast, mural commemorating the Ulster Volunteers and the Young Citizen Volunteers.
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RMS Titanic makes its first appearance in a mural, on Dee Street, Belfast. The “unsinkable” ship, built in east Belfast at Harland & Wolff shipyards (shown in the skyline of the mural), hit an iceberg and foundered on the night of 14-15th April, 1912, killing approximately 1,500 people.
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