The West Belfast Ulster Special Service Force (USSF) was a local Shankill unit within the West Belfast regiment of the Ulster Volunteers. It lost 90% of its men at the battle of Albert on July 1st, 1916. For more of its history see BygoneDays.
Craven Street, lower Shankill, west Belfast
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Copyright © 1988 LC
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Two images of an almost complete Nuada mural by Mo Chara in Springhill Avenue, Belfast. The only thing that seems to be missing is the (titular) lettering, which would go in the red circle – “This is Nuada, king of the Tuatha Dé Danann.” The mural is based on the illustrations of Jim Fitzpatrick.
Click here for the completed mural.
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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Rockdale Street, Belfast, gets an Irish-language sign. The ‘They may kill the revolutionary’ mural has gone. Previously in Derry: Sráıd Lıam.
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Copyright © 1986 Peter Moloney
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William Street, Derry, gets an Irish-language sign.
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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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A dolmen, standing stones, designs from Newgrange, an illustration from a celtic manuscript, and the warrior Cú Chulaınn (Visual History) surround some lines from Padraig Pearse’s poem Mıse Éıre
“Mıse Éıre, sıne mé na [sic – ná] an ċaılleaċ béara [sic – ḃéara],
Mór mo ġlóıre, mé a rug ċúċulann cróga.
Mór mo náıre, mo ċlann féın do díol [sic – a ḋíol] a máṫaır.
[Mór mo ṗıan, bıthnaıṁde do mo ṡíorchıapaḋ.
Mór mo ḃrón, d’éag an dream ınar ċuıreas dóċas.]
Mıse Éıre, uaıgní mé na [sic – ná] an ċaılleaċ béara [sic – ḃéara].”
Or, in English:
“I am Ireland: I am older than the Hag of Beara.
Great my glory, I who bore brave Cú Chulaınn.
Great my shame, my own children that sold their mother.
[Great my pain, my irreconcilable enemy who harasses me continually.
Great my sorrow, that crowd, in whom I placed my trust, decayed.]
I am Ireland, I am lonelier than the Hag of Beara.”
The wide shots show both Chamberlain Street murals, Mıse Éıre and the Firing Party mural featured previously.
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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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Crossed Irish Tricolours are joined by two harps and a shamrock, two lesser-seen emblems – for other shamrocks, see Patsy O’Hara O.C. and Blessed Are Those Who Hunger For Justice. Ard Foyle, Derry
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Copyright © 1984 Peter Moloney
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Peter Moloney Collection 