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North Down UFF

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Two hooded gunmen with assault rifles crouch on one knee on either side of the clenched fist of the UFF. “North Down 2nd batt, D coy.”

The plaque reads, “In proud memory of Andrew McIlvenny, 1983-2001. Quis Separabit.” McIlvenny is unknown.

Primacy Drive, Bloomfield, Bangor

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UDA 3rd Battalion

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“For as long as one hundred of us remain alive, we shall never in any way consent to submit to the rule of the Irish. For it is not for glory we fight but for freedom alone which no man loses but with his life.” This is a modified version of the (English translation of the) Declaration of Arbroath, declaring Scotland’s independence from England. UDA North Antrim-Londonderry brigade.

Carnany Gardens, Ballymoney

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Lamh Dearg Abu

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The UVF’s Red Hand Commando are inspired by the British Army’s SAS and uses a similar image for its emblem: instead of wings on a sword, RHC uses wings on a red hand. [East Belfast] C company mural in Ballybeen. ‘Lamh dearg abu’ = ‘red hand to victory’.

Upper Newtownards Road

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Proud Men

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“Where so ever, how so ever or whenever we are called upon to make our exit, we shall do so as proud men.” (Another UVF mural in east Belfast has “as free men”.) A hooded gunman from the Red Hand Commando stands at the ready. The first of the four crests is the (rare, possibly restricted to the Morven Park murals) “RHC Youth”; then PAF, UVF, and YCV.

Morven Park, Ballybeen

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