The UFF mural in Albion Street, Belfast, seen in better health in 2005, is damaged by fire.
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Sandy Row UFF
Area Affiliation
The Young, The Brave, The Fearless
The Young Citizen Volunteers are the youth wing of the UVF which takes its name from the Ulster Volunteers of 1912 (see the license plate of the van). Seen previously in 2001.
Walnut Street, Donegall Pass, south Belfast
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Brigadier John McMichael
“Murdered by the enemies – 22nd December 1987. We forget him not.” The South Belfast UDA/UFF commander was killed by an IRA car bomb in 1987. In addition to organising a team of assassins in the 70s and 80s, he founded a Political Research Group and wrote two documents proposing an independent Northern Ireland.
Previously seen in 2005.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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Loyalist Rathcoole
UDA insignia and an assault rifle next to Green End in Rathcoole.
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Free John Brady
Real IRA volunteer John Brady was arrested in 2003 and charged with possession and returned to prison in 2004 and in September 2005 – the time-period of the flag above – charged with the attempted murder of an RIR officer in 2002 (IndyMedia). (The case, based on DNA evidence would collapse.)
Bridge Street, Strabane
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RIRA
Small boards on the electricity poles of Bridge Street, Strabane: “RIRA” [Real IRA], “PUP-RUC Linked” (seen in 2002), and “RUC expose collusion” in Ballycolman Ave.
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West Tyrone Command
“In proud memory of Vol. Charles Breslin age 20, Vol. Michael Devine age 22, Vol. David Devine age 16. West Tyrone command, Óglaıgh na hÉıreann. Killed by crown forces near this spot23 Feb. 1985.” The three were killed in an alleged shoot-to-kill incident. Obituaries in An Phoblacht.
Fountain Street, Strabane
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Eamonn McDevitt
“This marks the spot where Eamonn McDevitt, deaf mute aged 28 years, was murdered by Royal Marine Commandos 18th August 1971. May he rest in peace.” McDevitt was killed in Fountain Street, Strabane, after an anti-internment march. The Army claimed he was waving a gun; his family deny this and have been lobbying for an inquiry and apology since then (Derry Journal | BBC-NI).
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Palestine: A Homeland Denied
The keffiyeh, familiar from images of PLO leader Yasser Arafat who died in 2004, is joined by barbed wire. The words are in the colours of the Palestinian flag.
Lecky Road, Derry.
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IRA Throw In The Towel
“IRA throw in the towel, BRY pick it up!” Republican graffiti from Bogside Republican Youth, in Ballycolman Road, Strabane.
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