UDA territorial markings in Lord St, Belfast. The building would be demolished and replaced a few years later.
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Feriens Tego
“Feriens, tego” or “Striking, I Defend” is the motto of the Ulster Freedom Fighters, the cover name used by the Ulster Defence Association, whose motto is in the main mural: “Quis separabit” or “Who will separate [us]?”.
Lord Street, east Belfast
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Some Gave All, All Gave Some
“Free our prisoners.” “LPA” is the “Loyalist Prisoners Association”. Its symbol (in the second image) is a red hand in barbed wire. In the main mural, a pair of red hands are in shackles and the fences of the Maze are superimposed on an outline of Northern Ireland filled in with the walls of the Maze/Long Kesh.
Lord Street, east Belfast
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You Are Now Entering Loyalist Sandy Row
“You are now entering loyalist Sandy Row, heartland of South Belfast Ulster-Freedom [sic] Fighters”. The background of the large mural at the junction of Linfield Road and Sandy Row, Belfast, is repainted blue (from its original yellow.)
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Sgt Lindsay Mooney
The Lindsay Mooney Memorial Flute Band was formed in 1973 after the St. Patrick’s day death of 19-year-old Lindsay Mooney, a UDA member killed by the premature explosion of a bomb near Lifford, County Donegal (Sutton). The band dissolved in 1993 but commemorative nights are still held (Sentinel) (and there are recent videos on youtube of a band with this name).
Cathedral Youth Club, the Fountain, Londonderry
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Cecil McKnight
Cecil McKnight was a UDA/UFF volunteer, Orange Order member, and chairman of the UDP (Ulster Democratic Party) when he was shot dead at his home in Melrose Terrace by the IRA on June 29th, 1991. (Sentinel). McKnight is shown standing in front of a mural in the adjacent Ebrington Terrace circa 1990.
Emerson Street, Waterside, Londonderry
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Steeple Defenders FB
Nail-ups in Kilgreel Road and (two from) Fountain Hill, Antrim, combining UDA (including UYM) and UVF (including PAF – Protestant Action Force (WP)) emblems. Another Steeple Defenders flute band piece appeared in Parkhall Road.
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Unlimited Drugs Available
A new meaning for the initials “UDA” on the walls of the old Derry City: Unlimited drugs available. For a 2003 accusations of UDA drug-dealing (in both Derry and Belfast) see this article from An Phoblacht.
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UFF NF
“Quis separabit” (who shall separate) is the motto of the UDA/UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters), linked here to the NF (National Front) by graffiti in Hawkin Street, Londonderry.
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This Is Londonderry
Graffiti below the Theodore Roosevelt mural in Wapping Lane, Fountain, Londonderry: “This is Londonderry! Not Derry. No Surrender. Here to stay. UDA.”
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