The orange lily makes a rare appearance in a paramilitary mural. The hooded gunmen are from the UFF/UDA. Volunteer Stephen “Benson” Kingsberry is remembered in the panel towards the back of the house. He died from consuming tainted ecstasy (perhaps distributed by the UVF). He was included in the roll of honour in Lemberg Street. Kilburn Street, Belfast. Seen previously in 2005.
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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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Four UVF hooded gunmen train on the hills next to Maple Gardens, Carrickfergus.
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Back-to-back hooded UVF gunmen next to one of the bonfire sites in Sunnylands, Carrickfergus.
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“Sunnylands Young Loyalists”, with cut-out assault rifles and red hand.
Bridewell Drive, Carrickfergus
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This “C Company Carrickfergus” mural combines vintage YCV soldiers (on the left, with a list of WWI battles on the flag) and modern paramilitaries on the right. Dean Park, Carrickfergus.
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These UFF hooded gunmen are standing outside Long Kesh/Maze prison. The upper flag on the right-hand side of this mural – purple saltire on a blue background with star and red hand – is the proposed flag of Ulster nationalists. Castlemara Drive, Carrickfergus.
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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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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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