A new meaning for the initials “UDA” on the walls of the old Derry City: Unlimited drugs available. For a 2003 accusations of UDA drug-dealing (in both Derry and Belfast) see this article from An Phoblacht.
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“Quis separabit” (who shall separate) is the motto of the UDA/UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters), linked here to the NF (National Front) by graffiti in Hawkin Street, Londonderry.
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“He shone on Earth, now he shines in heaven.” Manus Deery, age 15, was shot by a British Army sniper positioned on the city walls on May 19th, 1972. The plaques are at the site of the killing, just behind the Bogside Inn, Westland Street, Derry.
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IRA volunteer Brian Coyle died on June 30th, 1976, in a grenade attack on a British Army unit in the Meenan Square. The plaque is at the site, next to Drumcliff Avenue, Derry. The wide shot is from 2004.
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“It’s the new year and we’re still here – RIRA [Real IRA]”.
Lecky Road, Derry
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Graffiti under the Lecky Road overpass, Derry.
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This crude hunger strike mural, with hand-written names of the ten deceased men and a line-drawing of a lark, is in Lecky Road, Derry.
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“Political status now” and an American “Cops out” – republican graffiti in Lecky Road, Derry.
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A mural in-progress of a tree is (presumably) vandalised with “Political status now – RIRA”.
Lecky Road, Derry
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A “roll of honour” (faintly visible at the top) to the 1981 hunger strikers, with a volunteer firing a rifle, is unfinished in Lecky Road, Derry.
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