The Cloughfern Young Conquerors (a UDA flute band) (Fb) was founded in 1973 in Rathfern – the same year as the UFF.
Previously: Eddie The Head as CFY band-member.
Knockenagh Ave, Newtownabbey
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“Cloughfern Protestant Hall 1866” serves as the starting point for marches in the area. Doagh Road, Newtownabbey
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2010 image of the New Mossley mosaic (2009) in Ballyearl Drive, with various UVF insignia above from previous murals. “This mosaic reflects the cultural & industrial heritage of the area. New Mossley Community Group is proud to be part of this project and hope it gives pleasure to everyone. We would like to thank the Arts Council and Groundwork for their help and support. Unveiled by Jeanette Ervine, Dawn Purvis MLA, Mena Mitchell 17th January 2009.”
The mosaic shows/references Lillian Bland, the first woman to fly solo (1910); Pattersons Spade Mill; Mossley Mill, 50 years old in 2008; the 36th and 16th Divisions of World War I; local youth groups. The work was developed by artist Martin McClure.
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“When you go home/Tell them of us/And say for your tomorrow/We gave our today.” is a WWII epitaph by John Maxwell Edmonds in Kohima Cemetery. It is shown here on a plaque on a stone in New Mossley community garden (also the site of a time capsule).
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Northern Protestants prepare to resist the Home Rule act, c. 1912. Clockwise from top left, gun-running on the Clyde Valley, the Covenant, Carson and the Central Antrim Volunteers (see also M04206), mounted rifles of the Ulster Volunteers (see also M00545).
The plaque reads “They shall not grow old/As those who were left behind grow old//Age shall not weary them/Or the years condemn//As the going down of the sun/And in the morning//We will remember them” (Binyon ‘For The Fallen‘)
Forhill Drive, Ballyduff, Newtownabbey.
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Depicted on the skin of a lambeg drum, a young boy plays a lambeg drum. the insignia is from “Carnmoney 1551”, perhaps related to Glengormley Purple Star LOL 1551.
Two sides of an electrical box in Fairview Road, Ballyduff.
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UVF emblem nailed to a lone tree along Ballyfore Road, Ballyduff.
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“The Billy Greer Somme memorial garden was opened by Jamesy “The Piper” Walker on the 14th December 2007. Dedicated to the fallen of the 36th (Ulster) Division at the battle of the Somme 1st July 1916. We will remember them.” Greer, East Antrim UVF commander, died in July 2006 (Mulvenna).
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Three images from Cloyne Crescent in Monkstown, commemorating the Ulster Volunteers who fought at the Somme in 1916.
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This is a new version of the Monkstown UDA 1st battalion mural on Devenish Drive. The previous showed volunteers on manoeuvres in front of Three Mile Water aqueduct in the top portion. This new mural shows graveside volunteers with assault rifles point down, mourning William Hobbs and James Boyd McClurg. The two died from a premature bomb explosion on May 10th, 1977, across the road from the mural in Seagoe Gardens; Hobbs died immediately, McClurg of his injuries a few weeks later. “All gave some, some gave all.”
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Peter Moloney Collection 