“We are the pilgrims, master – we shall go always a little further” is a line from James Elroy Flecker’s verse poem Hassan and is inscribed on the clock tower of the the Hereford barracks of the SAS (WP). It is used here by “East Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force – The People’s Army”.
Tamar Street, east Belfast
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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, south Belfast
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“C Coy lost volunteers,” “In memory of the volunteers who made the supreme sacrifice” and “In memory of all loyalists who gave their lives – lest we forget.” Red Hand Commando mural and plaques in Hunt Street, just off the Newtownards Road, Belfast.
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“UFF formed 1973.” Two hooded gunmen kneel on a free-floating Northern Ireland. Avoniel Road, Belfast.
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“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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Vintage IRA sniper road-sign and “IRA” nail-ups on Strathroy Road, Omagh.
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Still standing after nine years (1995) – a three-in-one RUC/Orange Order/loyalist paramilitary mural in Lecky Road, Derry.
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Annette McGavigan, aged 14 years, was shot up Westland Street, at Blucher Street in 1971, the first child to be killed in the Troubles. Here are two in-progress shots from 1999 and the finished product in 2000.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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This is a 2003 image of the 2001 (post-peace) Sniper At Work in Drumleck Drive, Shantallow, Derry.
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Short Strand is a Catholic enclave of about 1,000 people in Protestant east Belfast. Throughout 2001 and 2002, the interface saw gun battles and rioting between the two factions. Here is a Guardian account of events in 2002. Above is a rejection of the new PSNI “There are many reasons for not joining the PSNI – this is just one” with a series of wanted posters (seen Collusion! Collusion! and Collusion Is State Murder plus one of Patrick Mayhew). Both parts by Ógra Shınn Féın. Divis Street, Belfast.
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