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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Copyright © 2003 Peter Moloney
M01925 M01924
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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M01922
“Quis separabit” (who shall separate) is the motto of the UDA/UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters), linked here to the NF (National Front) by graffiti in Hawkin Street, Londonderry.
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Copyright © 2003 Peter Moloney
M01921
“He shone on Earth, now he shines in heaven.” Manus Deery, age 15, was shot by a British Army sniper positioned on the city walls on May 19th, 1972. The plaques are at the site of the killing, just behind the Bogside Inn, Westland Street, Derry.
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IRA volunteer Brian Coyle died on June 30th, 1976, in a grenade attack on a British Army unit in the Meenan Square. The plaque is at the site, next to Drumcliff Avenue, Derry. The wide shot is from 2004.
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M01917 M02162 [M02163]
“It’s the new year and we’re still here – RIRA [Real IRA]”.
Lecky Road, Derry
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M01920
Graffiti under the Lecky Road overpass, Derry.
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M01914
This crude hunger strike mural, with hand-written names of the ten deceased men and a line-drawing of a lark, is in Lecky Road, Derry.
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M01916
“Political status now” and an American “Cops out” – republican graffiti in Lecky Road, Derry.
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M01912 M01913
A mural in-progress of a tree is (presumably) vandalised with “Political status now – RIRA”.
Lecky Road, Derry
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M01911
