“Wheresoever, howsoever or whenever we are called upon to make our exit, we shall do so as free men. – UVF East Belfast.” Three hooded gunmen frame a verse from Laurence Binyon’s For The Fallen.
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Ibrox Stadium is the home ground of Scottish club Glasgow Rangers, which has a large following among Protestants in Northern Ireland. The bar was formerly the Bunch Of Grapes (owned by the UDA’s Jim Gray). It’s initial attempt to rebrand itself using Rangers’ logo and the name “Ibrox” drew threat from the club (Irish Independent), and it changed its livery to the Eye-brox bar shown above.
Beersbridge Road, east Belfast
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The 14th battalion was known as the “Young Citizens” battalion as it was formed from the youth battalion of the Ulster Volunteers.
Walnut Street, Donegall Pass, south Belfast
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Hard-line republican graffiti in Stanley’s Walk and Rossville Street, Derry.
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“You don’t have to spend to give this Christmas – Neighbourhood money and debt advisor – Rosaire [McLoughlin, Dove House] TEL: 269327”
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Pro-Hezbollah graffiti (around the time of the “Lebanon War” of July 2006 (WP), along with some Palestinian and Basque flags flying in Derry (Stanley’s Walk, William Street, Westland Street, Lecky Road).
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A lark (rather than a dove) bursts through the ceiling of a H-Block cell lined with the names of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers. “This mural is dedicated to all those who tragically died on the streets of Derry during the hunger strike era. Suımhneas Dé dá nanamacha. 3rd October 2006.”
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“No surrender. QS. UFF, UDA, WBL” – graffiti in Londonderry’s Fountain area.
Hawkin Street, Londonderry
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Kevin Lynch, from nearby Dungiven, was the seventh of the 1981 hunger strikers to die and the second from the INLA.
Dove Gardens, Derry
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The emblem of the IRA’s Derry Brigade is crossed (vintage) rifles over the oak leaf.
Stanley’s Walk, Derry
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