The phrase “They rose in dark and evil days to free our native land” comes from the song ‘The Memory Of The Dead‘, about the 1798 Rebellion, rather than the creation of the UDA in 1971.
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South East Antrim Defenders mural adjacent to Spike in Carnhill Place, Carrickfergus. The UDA is not mentioned explicitly but the coat of arms is in the UDA style.
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2014 [M10783]
Spike the bulldog wears a bandsman’s uniform but carries an assault rifle. The South East Antrim Defenders flute band seems to have disintegrated after 2011. Carnhill Place, Carrickfergus. There is an identical board in Larne.
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This UFF board in two pieces is next to the Castlemara community association building in Oakfield Drive. The board might originally have hung in Greenisland (J01463). Please get in touch if you can confirm that it hung in Castlemara or in Greenisland.
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This small UDA/UFF/LPA board is on a light-pole next to the bonfire ground in the Castlemara estate in Carrickfergus.
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Spike the bulldog wears a bandsman’s uniform but carries an assault rifle. The South East Antrim Defenders flute band seems to have disintegrated after 2011. There was an almost identical board in Carrick.
Greenland Parade, Larne
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Disintegrating UDA board in Greenland Parade, Larne.
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“Fuck U Geordie Clarke – this is our town – up the SEA!” “SEA” = the South East Antrim brigade of the UDA, which split from the UDA in 2007. See NewsLetter, BBC-NI and An Phoblacht.
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Carrickfergus castle provides the backdrop for a South East Antrim UDA mural. “1970-2001 Ulster Defence Association, Ulster Freedom Fighters”.
Oakfield Drive, Carrickfergus
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“In proud memory of our fallen comrades UDA UFF UYM North Belfast Brigade. Though they are gone their memories live forever. Quis separabit.” This stone and plaque are in a memorial garden in Cosgrave Heights, Tiger’s Bay, north Belfast.
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