“Killycomaine Young Loyalists” graffiti in Ulsterville Park, Portadown.
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PUL
For Cod And Ulster
The fast-food shop on Albertbridge Road, Belfast, asks “Are you man enough to tackle a George Best burger?”
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Rising Sons Flute Band
“Rising Sons Flute Band (Fb) East Belfast 1985″ with the emblem of the Red Hand Commando on either side, flanking the insignia of the 36th (Ulster) Division, Ulster Volunteers, Royal Irish Rifles, UDR, and B-Specials (Ulster Special Constabulary). “Their name liveth forever more.” Seen in progress in 2005.
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Glentoran Community Trust
Glentoran Community Trust (web) is a supporters trust (i.e. an outreach organisation from the club to the community) formalised in 2006. This mural celebrates the 125th anniversary of the club and highlights from its past, starting with the 1914 Vienna Cup (GFC). On the right of the mural, the Detroit Cougars were a locally-branded Glentoran team participating in a short-lived USA league playing during the summer (BelTel). The “proudest moment” (centre bottom) is the 1973-1974 Cup Winners’ Cup, in which Glentoran got through two rounds to reach the quarter finals (where they lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach). Famous players from the past are featured below the advertising hoarding, including Danny Blanchflower who began his career at Glentoran (WP).
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PUP East Belfast Branch
2008 image of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) offices in east Belfast (previously seen in 2006), now with portraits of MLA Dawn Purvis and councillor John Kyle.
Newtownards Road, east Belfast
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Shipyard Workers
The Harland & Wolff shipyard is on Queen’s Island, a piece of land formed when the channel into Belfast was expanded. Workers would walk from east Belfast to the shipyard. This is the scene in (modern-day) Armitage Close/Harkness Parade in east Belfast, with a mural of turn-of-the-century shipyard workers by John Johnston, drawing inspiration from William Conor’s Shipyard Workers Crossing Queen’s Bridge and Over The Bridge.
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UDA Quis Separabit
UDA and UFF nail-ups in Hawkin Street, Londonderry. Previously seen in 2006.
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And More Recent Conflicts
On the Fountain-side wall of the Old Gaol: “Dedicated to the memory of all those who died in the 1st and 2nd World Wars and more recent conflicts.”
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The Battle Of The Somme 1916
Soldiers from the 36th (Ulster) Division go over the top at the battle of the Somme – the original photograph can be seen at the BBC. In faded or newly-sketched letters on the right, “At the going down of the sun/And in the morning/We will remember them.”
The UDA mural on the left of the youth club is to Sgt Lindsay Mooney.
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Londonderry History
From left to right: the apprentice boys crying “No surrender!”; the breaking of the boom; the Guild Hall; Walker’s statue; and Roaring Meg, a cannon in the Double Bastion. Dopey Dick, the orca, is on the wall of the building to the right (see the news report in the Digital Film Archive).
These are paintings on boards, replacing the five wall-paintings seen in 2005.
Outside the Cathedral Youth Club in the Fountain.
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