The date given here for the creation of the UVF is 1914; the ‘end date’ was anticipated to be sometime in the 20th century, but the board has survived into 2006.
Dennet Gardens, Irish Street, Londonderry
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Copyright © 2006 Peter Moloney
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Anti-Catholic graffiti in Rossdowney Road, Londonderry.
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Copyright © 2006 Peter Moloney
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Seven of the murals along the Bogside’s Lecky Road and Rossville Street – that would in 2007 be made ‘The People’s Gallery’ – are visible from the old Derry city walls. The Gallery has its own Visual History page.
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Copyright © 2006 Peter Moloney
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The Bloody Sunday mural by the Bogside Artists is covered in scaffolding in preparation for an update. The sigs and info board are from 2007.
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The UDA are known as “the wombles” because the fur-trimmed parkas they worn in the early days made them look like the television characters (here is season 1, episode 1).
Sperrin Park, the Caw, Londonderry
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Eddie The Head (in the guise of The Trooper) continues to storm over the Bogside, almost a decade after first being painted. Eddie has his own Visual History page.
Ebrington Terrace, Waterside, Londonderry
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The UVF mural and the boards (on the fence) in Sperrin Park, the Caw, Londonderry are decked out in a variety of flags for the summer season.
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Copyright © 2006 Peter Moloney
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The Museum Of Free Derry (and Bloody Sunday Centre) originally opened in 2006. In February 2017 it underwent a major renovation (BBC).
Glenfada Park, Bogside, Derry
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Copyright © 2006 Peter Moloney
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A dove extends an olive branch in the Sperrin Park, the Caw, Londonderry, garden of reflection.
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INLA volunteer Patsy O’Hara was born in Bishop Street, Derry, near the site of this mural and memorial. He went on hunger strike the same day as Raymond McCreesh and outlasted him by nine hours, both dying on May 21st, 1981. “If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst! – James Connolly”
Ardfoyle/Bishop St, Derry
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