“Honour Irelands dead – wear an Easter lily”. On the left, the volunteer’s rifle is muzzle down, as at a graveside.
Mountpottinger Road, Short Strand, east Belfast
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Wear An Easter Lily
assault rifle
In God Our Trust
The date given here for the creation of the UVF is 1914; the ‘end date’ was anticipated to be sometime in the 20th century, but the board has survived into 2006.
Dennet Gardens, Irish Street, Londonderry
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BRY – RIRA – CIRA
This series of images comes from the Lecky Road, Derry underpass. Patsy O’Hara, Joe McDonnell, and Tom McElwee get individual boards. Unusually, both the Real IRA and Continuity IRA are included in the final panel. As can be seen in the wide shot, to the left are Roll Of Honour and BRY 1969.
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Woodvale Defence Association
The Woodvale Defence Association (WDA) was the largest of the local associations which merged together in 1971 to form the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the WDA became B company of 2nd battalion (WP).
Disraeli Street, Woodvale, west Belfast
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Sandy Row UFF
The UFF mural in Albion Street, Belfast, seen in better health in 2005, is damaged by fire.
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The Young, The Brave, The Fearless
The Young Citizen Volunteers are the youth wing of the UVF which takes its name from the Ulster Volunteers of 1912 (see the license plate of the van). Seen previously in 2001.
Walnut Street, Donegall Pass, south Belfast
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Loyalist Rathcoole
UDA insignia and an assault rifle next to Green End in Rathcoole.
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BRY-IRA
BRY (Bogside Republican Youth) and (Real) IRA graffiti in Meenan Square, Derry.
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The People’s Army
This Ulster Volunteers/UVF board in Caw, Londonderry, includes familiar imagery from the Covenant to Long Kesh. The most unusual element is the inclusion of the Ulster Defence Union manifesto from St Patrick’s Day 1893, behind the hooded gunmen in the top right.
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Londonderry 1st Battalion C Company
Londonderry UVF 1st battalion C company memorial mural in Sperrin Park in the Caw, with UVF and YCV boards on the fence in front, and RHC letters off to the side.
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