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England Get Out Of Ireland!

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The hand of Ireland catches the hand of Britain in the act of ripping a tricoloured Northern Ireland from the island of Ireland. Blood drips from the severed six counties, as well as from the British limb.

Also seen in 1990.

For the same idea in Belfast, see Stad Maggie Anoıs.

Townsend Street, Strabane.

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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UVF East Belfast Regiment

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An ornate regimental (WWI) coat of arms, for the East Belfast regiment, with the emblem of the Ulster Volunteers symbol on an Ulster banner shield, topped by a crown and surrounded by an arrangement of roses, thistles, and shamrock. “Contemporised” by masked volunteers with weapons pointed, in front of Union flag and St Andrew’s Saltire. Chelsea Street, Belfast

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Copyright © 1989 Alan Gallery, All rights reserved alan@alangallery.com
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How Is Freedom Measured?

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The bottom half of this mural in Redcliffe Parade, Belfast, shows UVF volunteers “then and now” (“Ulster 1914” during WWI and in contemporary times). On either side of that are (Protestant) women, on the left exhorting men to fight in WWI and on the right defending the homestead (i.e. the Protestant territories) against the threat of Irish nationalism while the men (and perhaps British support) are absent: “How is freedom measured? By the effort which it costs to retain it” and “Deserted! Well, I can stand alone.”

The upper portion shows a rare (though not unique) version of the red hand of Ulster, giving a “V for victory” salute (and so we can see nails on three digits) and dancing in boots on an Irish Tricolour which lies between an Ulster Banner and a Union flag.

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Copyright © 1989 Alan Gallery, All rights reserved alan@alangallery.com
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We Support All Loyalist Prisoners

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Loyalist mural in Meekon Street, Belfast with a rare (and perhaps unique) image of a red fist smashing through the lower part of the island of Ireland (the Republic of Ireland, painted in the colours of green, white, and orange) while Northern Ireland — shown by an Ulster Banner — is unscathed. Below, “Ulster says no” with six-pointed star, Union flag, and Ulster Banner.

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Yukon St Say’s No

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Both “Yukon St says no” and “Ulster says no” (to the Anglo-Irish Agreement). UDA/UDF graffiti in Yukon Street, Belfast, with a Protestant Boys Flute Band mural featuring the flags of Britain, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

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Low Profile/Union Jack Crumbling

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Here are two pieces by Republican News cartoonist “Cormac” (Brian Moore) reproduced in Springhill Avenue, Belfast by Mo Chara Kelly, one about the unavailability of the paper in a left-leaning London bookshop (because “violence is only acceptable if it doesn’t happen here”), the other showing the Union Flag crumbling and the Starry Plough rising from its ashes.

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Shankill Supports All The Loyalist Prisoners

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Both UVF and UDA emblems (as well as PAF and YCV) in the quadrants of an Ulster banner shield with Northern Island in the middle. Union flags on the side and barbed wire above. No 5 of 9 on the south side of Percy Place, Belfast.

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