A small board and two murals in the Fountain, London-Derry. The board has the city of Derry crest on it surrounded by Ulster banner, Union jack, St Andrew’s Saltire, and Apprentice Boys flag; the first mural lists the names of the thirteen apprentice boys; the second is a William King Memorial flute band “founded 1973”, again with the crest of the city.
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Copyright © 1996 Peter Moloney
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Masked volunteers brandishing Uzis stand on either side of the UVF emblem (“For God and Ulster”) and Ulster banner and UVF 1912 flags. “Sandy Row 2nd Batt, UVF, YCV, PAF.”
Albion Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
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A tricoloured screw drives through a red-white-and-blue helmet with Ulster banner visor.
Brook Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
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A pair of hands with shirt-cuffs of the Union flag and Ulster Banner jointly point a pistol at a republican mother carrying a cross through a graveyard and field of bullets. A line of documents show the forces of the state (B-Specials, UDR, RUC) colluding with loyalist paramilitaries. Oakman Street, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1994 Peter Moloney
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An unusual line drawing mural, in cartoon style, of the UVF emblem (with blood dripping from the red hand) along with UVF flag and Ulster banner. Sandy Row, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1993 Peter Moloney
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UVF/YCV mural in Broom Street, Belfast, with UVF flag and Ulster Banner.
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Copyright © 1993 Peter Moloney
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Wide shot showing the low wall between the two “Ulster’s defenders” murals: “Our message to the Irish is simple: Hands off Ulster; Irish out; The Ulster conflict is about nationality”, and “We will maintain our faith and our nationality” above images of the Bible. Newtownards Road, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1992 Alan Gallery, All rights reserved alan@alangallery.com
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Cú Chulaınn (Visual History) – the “ancient defender of Ulster from Irish attacks over 2000 years ago” with Ulster banner shield – is made a precursor of the UDA’s East Belfast Brigade – “Ulsters present day defenders”. The volunteer is – unusually – unmasked; it might be Ian Adamson (a civilian, but here given paramilitary gear) the UUP politician and proponent of the hypothesis that north-east Ulster was settled by settlers from Scotland – the Cruthin – who were at war with the Irish Gaels and that the Táın describes part of this conflict, with Cú Chulaınn the hero of Ulster single-handedly holding off the invaders from Connacht (WP).
Newtownards Road, Belfast.
This is the third gable on the so-called “Freedom Corner” (though it is not clear that it bore this name at the time of this image); here is the second gable (which in turn links to the first). A fourth gable was painted in 1993.
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In 1992 the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) – which itself replaced the B Specials in 1970 – was amalgamated with the Royal Irish Rangers to become the Royal Irish Regiment. Although seven battalions of the new RIR were permanently based in Northern Ireland, the mural above describes the two organisations as “Ulster’s Past Defenders” and asks “Who will defend Ulster now?”
This is the second gable on the so-called “Freedom Corner” (though it is not clear if it bore this name at the time of this image); here is the first gable | the low wall between the second and third gable can be seen in D00391 | here is the third gable.
Newtownards Road, Belfast
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