“A soldier standing at heaven’s gates/To St. Peter he did tell/I’m here to enter heaven now/I’ve served my time in hell.” 36th (Ulster) Division mural by Dee Craig in The Larches, Carrickfergus.
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“The Ulster Tower is a memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division. It was officially opened on 19th November 1921 by Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. The tower is located close to the Schwaben Redoubt, a German stronghold at the edge of Thiepval Wood, France, which the Ulster Division attacked at 7.30 am on the 1st July 1916.”
“This mural was dedicated to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division on 31st July 2010 by the West Belfast Athletic And Cultural Society. ‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends’ – John 15:13”.
Conway Street (“Somme Street”), Belfast
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Cuchulainn, defender of Northern Ireland: “Here we stand, here we remain: we simply want to take our God-ordained place as indigenous Ulster people, understanding and living out our identity without shame, retaliation, or indignation against those who have caused harm to our past and tried to castrate our culture, our identity and our place on this island.”
Shankill Parade, Belfast
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“Let us not forget those of our comrades who have made the supreme sacrifice. Ulster mourns them but is proud of the glory and honour they have won for the imperial province. Somme 1916”. Young Citizen Volunteers go over the top in WWI.
Grange Drive, Ballyclare
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Silhouetted WWI soldiers go over the top.
Thornhill Parade, Ballyclare
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“Castledawson Protestant War Memorial Hall. This stone was laid by Mrs. Chichester-Clark 1st April, 1929”
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The theme of the 2010 Féıle, scheduled for August 6th-15th, is ‘identity’. The emblem is a combination of fingerprint and bar-code, with a black star.
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A memorial garden featuring the Victoria Cross winners from the 36th (Ulster) Division is created at the bottom of St Leonard’s Crescent, along the Newtownards Road, Belfast.
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This is the 2010 bonfire in Ballykeel 1, as seen from the edge of Ballykeel 2, with “KAT” [Kill All Taigs] banner and Irish tricolour. It appears to be bigger than “probably the biggest bonfire” in Ballykeel 2.
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