Two images of a UDA mural — armed volunteers on either side of the emblem — in progress at Carlisle Circus/Denmark Street, Belfast (confirmation of this location would be appreciated).
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Four images of graffiti in Manor Street, Belfast, beginning with an encomium to Michael Stone, the UDA volunteer who (in 1988) had killed three mourners at the funerals of the IRA’s Gibraltar Three. The last two images show that Manor Street is cut in two, with a Protestant area to the south and a Catholic area to the north.
The fence in the second image is now a wall. “UFF” “UDA” “YCV” “UYM” “SSRUC” “Black bastards” “Kill all cops” “RUC keep out”
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The UDA and UVF/YCV share a wall in Matchett Street, Belfast. In the main (UVF) panel, two hooded gunmen with rifles kneel beneath additional weapons on either side the UVF emblem (“For God and Ulster”) and Orange flag and Ulster banner.
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Belfast City Hall still says “no” in 1988, but the banner is smaller and in a less prominent position than in 1985.
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Small board with a red hand between barbs of wire, with union jack, Ulster banner, and symbols of UDA and UVF in the corners. “LPOW — Inprisoned for loyalty”. Hawkin Street, London-/Derry
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The (Catholic) Pope (John Paul II) waves an Ulster scarf over his head in celebration of (Protestant) William III’s victory at the Boyne in 1690. Hawkin Street, Derry
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The four fields of an Ulster banner shield bear the emblems (clockwise from top left) of the UFF (a red fist), the UDA (red hand), the UDF (Ulster Defence Force, golden wings with the motto “sans peur”, the French for “fearless”), and the LPA (Loyalist Prisoners Association, a red hand in barbed wire).
“UDF” is the “Ulster Defence Force”, a sub-group of the UDA with additional training in firearms and tactics, formed in 1985. According to Andy Tyrie, it was some of these gunmen who “restored to the UFF’s West Belfast C Company its ferocious reputation.” (Crimes Of Loyalty, p. 125).
Hawkin Street, Londonderry
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King William crossing the Boyne, with a crown and bible resting on a Union flag on the second storey.
Park Street, Coleraine.
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“LPOW” (Loaylist Prisoners Of War) on the outside of a stairwell in Kennedy Place/The Fountain, Londonderry
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Here are two pieces of graffiti on the path around the city walls in Londonderry: “Londonderry FZTR”. “Fountain Zulu Tartan rules”, according to Stephen Ward. “PAF” = Protestant Action Force; “LPA” = “Loyalist Prisoners’ Association”
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