“We demand the right to march.” “Portadown District LOL No 1” “Here we stand, we can do no other.” This mural in the lower Shankill is about the disputed Orange Order parade (WP entry, including a map of the route) to Drumcree Church (in Portadown, shown in the mural) part of which goes along the Catholic Garvaghy Road.
N Boundary Street, lower Shankill, west Belfast
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“Aye ready. In loving memory of Thomas (Tom J.) Johnston, died 11 November 2002. Will always be remembered by his family and friends.” Thomas Johnston was died after being assaulted not far from his home on North Boundary Street, Belfast. (BBC-NI)
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“This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Lt. Col. Trevor King, died 9th July 1994, Major Wm. (Frenchie) Marchant, died 28th April 1987, Davy Hamilton, Died 17th June 1994. These brave men died near this spot [the corner of Spier’s Place and Shankill Road, Belfast] by the enemies of Ulster. No sacrifice is too great for one’s country. They paid the ultimate sacrifice. ‘They shall grow not old/as we that are left grow old/Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn/At the going down of the sun and in the morning/We will remember them.'” King and Hamilton (along with Colin Craig, an RUC informer and not included on the plaque) were shot by the INLA and died of their wounds three weeks and one day later. Frenchie Marchant was shot by the IRA outside The Eagle chip shop. The plaque is surrounded by a garland of three nation’s flowers: shamrock, rose, and thistle.
For the previous version, see T00258.
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“This is the Sinn Fein commitment to the peace process: guns from Florida, training FARC rebels, Castlereagh break-in [the chef is Larry Zaitschek but see Independent and Guardian], Stormont spy-ring [Stormontgate].”
Boundary Way, lower Shankill, west Belfast
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2nd battalion, C company (lower Shankill, west Belfast). UDA and UFF flags flanking the UDA emblem.
Boundary Walk, walk Belfast
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UDA west Belfast C Coy (Adair’s company) mural in Downing Street, Belfast.
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“Ulster will always remain British – No surrender” UYM mural just off Shankill Parade, west Belfast.
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The Ulster Volunteers were formed in 1912 as a response to the threat of Home Rule. When WWI broke out they became the 36th (Ulster) Division and went over the top at the Somme.
Shankill Road, west Belfast
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36th (Ulster) Division board commemorating the battle of the Somme, above the outdoor seating next to the Rex bar.
Moscow Street, west Belfast
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These three murals are at the Rex Bar (Moscow Street, Belfast), celebrating resistance to Home Rule – Covenant Day September 28th 1912; the formation of the Ulster Volunteers, being reviewed at Fernhill House in Glencairn Park by Edward Carson; “Deserted! Well I can stand alone”; and (in post-partition Northern Ireland) “a [masked!] Protestant farmer’s wife guards her husband against sectarian attack from across the border”.
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(close-ups of the small boards along the top)
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