2005 image of UDA/UFF funeral volley mural in Boyne Court, Belfast, seen previously in 1997 and 2001.
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Sandy Row UFF
The graffitied UFF mural in (the former) Albion Street, Belfast, previously seen in 2001, is repainted and the background changed to blue from white.
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Robert Dougan
South Belfast UDA commander Robert Dougan killed by the IRA on February 10th, 1998 while sitting in a car outside Balmoral Textiles in Dunmurry, two months before the Good Friday Agreement was signed. “Murdered by the enemies 10th February 1998. In memory of our fallen comrade – gone but not forgotten. Quis separabit.”
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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Brigadier John McMichael
UDA “Brigadier John McMichael, murdered by the enemies 22nd December 1987. “We forget him not.”” McMichael was killed by a car bomb planted by the IRA, perhaps on intelligence received from inside the UDA. He was a Northern Ireland separatist and author of Beyond The Religious Divide and Common Sense.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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Sandy Row Welcomes You To South Belfast
The hoarding around a construction site is taken over by loyalist paramilitaries: “Sandy Row welcome’s you to south Belfast”, with UFF and UFA insignia.
Donegall Road, south Belfast
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Young Newton
Young Newton branch of the Ulster Young Militants, 1st Battalion, East Belfast Brigade. “Simply the best.”
Previously: Young Newton Says No | Young Newton at Freedom Corner.
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Tomorrow Belongs To Us
Michael Stone is removed from the central circle (see T00637) and replaced by an UYM fist. Jonathan “JJ” Gray – son of Jim Gray – died on holiday in Thailand in 2002. Jim Gray, who once owned the pub at the top of the street (Avenue One), himself would be shot in October 2005 after being expelled from the UDA in March. Rab Brown is perhaps the UVF commander – it’s not clear why he’s on a UDA mural. The flag of the ‘Ulster nation’/independent Northern Ireland is retained alongside the Ulster Banner.
Templemore Avenue, east Belfast
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Consolidate The Peace
“Release east Belfast’s loyalist prisoners”. This mural of Maze/Long Kesh watchtowers and barbed wire dates back to at least 1997, during the peace process.
Harvey Court, east Belfast
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Freedom Corner
This is a complete set of images of the UDA’s “Freedom Corner” along Newtownards Road, Belfast. The use of Cuchulainn as a loyalist icon (the mural is in its second incarnation – for the first, see Defender Of Ulster From Irish Attacks) rests on the theory that the people of mythical Ulster are different from those in the rest of Ireland and are related to ancient Scots: Dalaradia was “was a kingdom of the Cruthin in the north-east of Ireland and parts of Scotland in the first millennium.” The “Ulster Nation” flag/shield (which also appears in the final image) is a St Patrick’s cross on a blue background with six-pointed star and red hand, the flag of the Ulster (Northern Ireland) independence movement.
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UFF Dee St 2nd Batt
Newtownards Road at the old Solway Street.
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