“For as long as one hundred of us remain alive, we shall never in any way consent to submit to the rule of the Irish. For it is not for glory we fight but for freedom alone which no man loses but with his life.” This is a modified version of the (English translation of the) Declaration of Arbroath, declaring Scotland’s independence from England. UDA North Antrim-Londonderry brigade.
Carnany Gardens, Ballymoney
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This union “flag” at the junction of Ballywatermoy and Dunminning Roads is actually a painted board.
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Scenes from the junction of the Tullgrawley, Shellinghill, Ballywatermoy, and Cladytown roads north of Ballymena and Cullybackey.
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“In glorious memory” of King William III of Orange, crossing the Boyne to defeat King James II and secure Ireland for England.
North Street, Ballymena
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UVF board on the back of the shops in the (loyalist) Irish Street area of Londonderry.
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Flags outside a house in Bann Drive, Londonderry, celebrating “The Brave Thirteen” apprentice boys who began the siege of Derry, the ship Mountjoy that ended the siege, and the city of Londonderry (“Vita, veritas, victoria”).
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Soldiers from the 36th Division go over the top at the Somme, as depicted in JP Beadle’s Attack Of The Ulster Division (belfastsomme.com).
Strule Gardens, Londonderry
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M03839 [M03840]
The title of the post comes from the previous location of this Ulster Volunteers/UVF board. The image above is from Seymour Gardens, Londonderry, but previously the board was on the main road (Sperrin Park) in the Caw with a black background and title-board above, and side-fence of insignia. From the period of the Ulster Volunteers, the board features the Carson, the Clyde Valley, the Covenant, and the UDU (Ulster Defence Union) manifesto of 1893.
Previously in this location: McFadzean.
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This pair of images — “Deserted! Well – I can stand alone” from the anti-Home Rule campaign that continued during WWI and the other a more contemporary scene of “a protestant farmer’s wife guard[ing] her husband against sectarian attack from across the border” — was previously painted in (what remains of) Moscow Street, next to the Rex bar on the Shankill. (See X00066. See also M00558 lower Shankill | M00621 east Belfast | M02302 east Belfast). The plaque on the right was not originally part of the mural (see J2395) and the mural would later be modified by the removal of the Orange Order and St Andrew’s flags (but not the UVF emblem), replaced by a shamrock-strewn banner reading “Fight To A Finish” (M08026).
Drumtara, Ballymena
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M03578
“Ballee Blues And Royals Flute Band, est. 1987” with a list of the Apprentice Boys (on the left) and (on the right) seven streets in the area (Drumtara, Lettercreeve, Kincora, Shanowen, Shancoole, Shanlieve, Lanntara) and the six counties of Northern Ireland. The emblem in the centre is the arm badge of the Blues & Royals (the British Army regiment), featuring the (French) Waterloo Eagle – here carrying a flute. The band does not appear to have persisted past 2012 has since changed its name – see comment below.
Drumtara, Ballymena
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