Edward Carson with the emblem of the 36th Division and James Craig with the Ulster Banner. Both were founders of the Ulster Volunteers and leaders of the Ulster Unionist Party.
Ballyearl Crescent, New Mossley, Newtownabbey.
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This is the touched-up version of the Monkstown UFF 1st battalion mural previously seen in 2006.
Ards Pk/Twinburn Hill, Monkstown, Newtownabbey
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Canadian physician John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields and the triple arches of the Thiepval memorial to the missing are featured in this Monkstown mural. It is McCrae’s poem that is thought to have given rise to the use of the poppy as a symbol of military remembrance (WP). The names of over 72,000 dead are inscribed on the memorial (WP| travelfranceonline).
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow/Between the crosses, row on row/That mark our place; and in the sky/The larks, still bravely singing, fly/Scarce heard amid the guns below.//We are the Dead. Short days ago/We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,/Loved and were loved, and now we lie/In Flanders fields//Take up our quarrel with the foe:/To you from failing hands we throw/The torch; be yours to hold it high./If ye break faith with us who die/We shall not sleep/Though poppies grow/In Flanders fields.”
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“Rathcoole Red Hand Commando, South East Antrim B Comp” in the style of the 1999 film The Matrix (IMDb) with hero Neo firing bullets (not from handguns but from UVF Uzis – see previously UFF Uzis) that his opponent dodges (YouTube).
Carmeen Drive, Rathcoole
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The small plaque in the alcove behind the Eastway club is replaced by a much more substantial stone: “South-East Antrim Brigade. This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the officers and members of our organisation who were murdered by the enemies of Ulster and to those who paid the supreme sacrifice whilst on active service during the present conflict. Quis separabit. ‘They shall not grow 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’.”
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Red Hand Commando B Coy 1st Battalion insignia in Doonbeg Drive, Rathcoole, letting everyone driving on O’Neill Drive that the upper part of the estate is UVF territory.
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“In memory of a fallen comrade Vol. Mark Quail ‘Murdered by the enemies of Ulster’ 1st November 2000 3rd Belfast Battalion Ulster Volunteer Force. Lest we forget.” Quail was shot by the UDA in the feud (Sutton).
Innis Park, Rathcoole
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A tribute to Women Munition Workers painted by Dee Craig in Inniscarn/Iniscarn Drive, Rathcoole. For the original poster, and an explanation of the term “canary girl”, see the entry on this mural in the Seosamh Mac Coılle Collection.
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Soldiers from the 15th Battalion (North Belfast) Royal Irish Rifles board ship for France in 1915. The five men featured in the apex are Sergeant Major Magookin, 2nd Lt De La Harpur, Rifleman Forrester, Rifleman Baird, and Rifleman Templeton.
Replaces Comradeship, Unity, Discipline in Inniscarn Drive, Rathcoole.
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“In proud memory of our fallen comrade Joseph Craven, Irish National Liberation Army, murdered by Loyalists 5th December 1983. He died as he lived – a true revolutionary. Erected by the Irish Republican Socialist Ex-Prisoners Memorial Committee.” Craven was shot by the UVF from a motorcycle.
Bawnmore Park, Newtownabbey
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