hood/mask/balaclava – Page 2 – Peter Moloney Collection

UFF Carrickfergus

2014-02-042025-02-16Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

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. The position was espoused by the UDA of the 1970s, under the guise of the political parties the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party (WP) and the Ulster Democratic Party (WP), and for a time by the Red Hand Commandos under the Ulster Loyalist Central Coordinating Committee (WP).

This is a repaint; for the previous (identical) version, see UFF Carrickfergus.

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Copyright © 2014 Peter Moloney
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Progression Requires Inclusion

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“Progression requires inclusion” of UVF paramilitary gangs.

The painting of King Billy is by John Darren Sutton and was produced on a grand scale in Tavanagh Street, Village, south Belfast – see Hang Out Our Banners.

“It’s dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” “Loyal Carrickfergus – then, now and always!”

Davy’s Street, Carrickfergus

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Loyalist Westwinds

2014-02-032024-06-20Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Here is a gallery of images from Westwinds estate in Newtownards, featuring (East Belfast) UVF murals and memorial gardens.

The newest one shows Carson signing the 1912 Covenant beneath a UVF emblem reading “Armed and ready”.

The one with some damage reads, “Our only crime was to serve you, the community and protect ‘our country’. Now times have changed. As a force, our belief is not only ‘for God and Ulster’ but to you, the community, ‘help us to help you’.”

The central stone in the memorial garden is dedicated to “all our fallen comrades both in the Battle Of The Somme and fight against republicanism”.

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Freedom Must Be Demanded By The Oppressed

2013-11-122025-02-04Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Hooded gunmen return to Sydenham, in east Belfast. The George Best mural that had “re-imaged” a UVF emblem has now (controversially – BBC | Guardian | U.tv video | Slugger) been replaced by an armed gunman.

The quote on the right – “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed” – comes from the section of Martin Luther King’s Letter From A Birmingham Jail in which he considers the merits of civil disobedience or direct action.

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Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
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Monkstown UFF

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This is the touched-up version of the Monkstown UFF 1st battalion mural previously seen in 2006.

Ards Pk/Twinburn Hill, Monkstown, Newtownabbey

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Armed And Ready

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100 years after the Ulster Volunteers were formed in 1912 the modern UVF of 1965 is “armed and ready”.

Blenheim Drive, Newtownards

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You Are Now Entering Loyalist Sandy Row

2012-06-092025-03-07Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This is the UFF mural at the bottom of Sandy Row just a few months before it was whitewashed and replaced with a King Billy mural.

“Heartland of South Belfast Ulster Freedom Fighters” “Quis separabit”

Linfield Road, Belfast

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East Belfast Battalion UVF

2012-05-192025-03-07Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

No re-imaging here – a new UVF hooded gunman takes over from the previous pair.

Carrington Street, Belfast

We Will Take The Matter Into Our Own Hands

2012-01-272025-03-08Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This is a repainted version of the mural seen previously in 2006 – the main elements remain the same but a few Ulster Volunteers/36th (Ulster) Brigade elements have been added (as distinct from the UVF), the quote on the right has changed, and there is a dedication.

The quote is from “Sir Edward Carson, 1912” (probably 1920, 12th of July – Treason Felony | RTÉ): “We in Ulster will tolerate no Sinn Féin but we tell you this – that if, having offered you our help, you are yourselves unable to protect us from the machinations of Sinn Féin, and you won’t take our help, we will take the matter into our own hands.”

The Gareth Keys commemorated here is perhaps the same Gareth Keys who painted the yellow UVF mural in Donegall Pass, and whose death is described in this BelTel article.

Castlereagh Road, Belfast

East Belfast UVF On Parade

2011-07-302025-03-08Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

A permanent ‘show of strength’ on the Newtownards Road, depicting hooded gunmen firing into the air at Dee Street. Purple and orange are the colours of the UVF (and the Orange Order).

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Thanks, Jon – the correction has been made