Rangers were Scottish Premier League champions in 2008-2009. They also beat Falkirk 1–0 in the final of the 2009 Scottish Cup championship (WP). They rode to victory thanks to a nacho Novo goal.
Ballyearl Drive, New Mossley, Newtownabbey
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Still going strong in 2009, the Ulster First Flute mural in Linfield Gardens, first seen in 1997.
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The Donegall Road bonfire towers over Coolfin Street.
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The Sandy Row bonfire in Wellwood Street is ready to burn, with Irish Tricolours and SDLP and Sınn Féın electoral posters.
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The local bonfire in Linfield Road bedecked with Sınn Féın electoral posters.
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“In proud and loving memory of our fallen comrades 2nd battalion south Belfast will always be remembered by the officers and volunteers ‘B’ company Village. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them. For God and Ulster.” Combined Ulster Volunteers (on the left, with Thiepval Tower and insignia) and UVF (on the right) memorial garden in Moltke Street, Belfast.
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The Israeli flag flies beside the Union jack at the entrance to “Loyalist Cluan Place“. “Fuck SDLP, Sinn Fein” – specifically MEP candidate Bairbre De Brún. The LVF [Loyalist Volunteer Force] is included alongside IRA, CIRA, RIRA, INLA.
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Clonduff prepares for Eleventh Night with a bonfire off Clonduff Drive and bunting in Tullyard Way. There are also nine (at least) vintage “UVF Release The Prisoners’ stencils in the area.
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The plaques read “36th Ulster Division – dedicated to all our fallen comrades who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his friends. For God and Ulster.” and “From the officers and volunteers of East Belfast to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Great War.” The quadrants of the mural show (clockwise) soldiers in the trenches, soldiers manning a machine-gun, the death telegraph for William MacFadzean, and a soldier reflecting on a grave. UVF YCV “Lest we forget”
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The Irish Tricolour and the Starry Plough (of Connolly’s Irish Citizen Army) stand atop the bonfire in Pitt Park, east Belfast, ready for burning. The UK, Scottish, and Northern Irish flags on the ground will survive the holiday.
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