South Belfast UDA commander Robert Dougan killed by the IRA on February 10th, 1998 while sitting in a car outside Balmoral Textiles in Dunmurry, two months before the Good Friday Agreement was signed. “Murdered by the enemies 10th February 1998. In memory of our fallen comrade – gone but not forgotten. Quis separabit.”
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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The King William III Prince of Orange mural is repainted and to it are added the UYM emblem and a set of flags of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Most significantly, however, the modern-day gunman on the right has been replaced by another Williamite soldier. Seen previously in 1990 | 1991.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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UDA “Brigadier John McMichael, murdered by the enemies 22nd December 1987. “We forget him not.”” McMichael was killed by a car bomb planted by the IRA, perhaps on intelligence received from inside the UDA. He was a Northern Ireland separatist and author of Beyond The Religious Divide and Common Sense.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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The hoarding around a construction site is taken over by loyalist paramilitaries: “Sandy Row welcome’s you to south Belfast”, with UFF and UFA insignia.
Donegall Road, south Belfast
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This is an image of the 2002 repaint, with the addition of the Lindsay Street Arch, crown and bible, and lower border, of the King William III, prince of Orange, mural in Elm Street, south Belfast. The original was painted in 1989.
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The flag of the Orange Order has a St George’s Cross and an orange five-pointed star on a purple field. The reverse colours (orange star, purple background) are used here as a UVF and Ulster Volunteers (1912) flag.
Pine Street, Donegall Pass, south Belfast
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Graffiti in Stanfield Place, the Markets, Belfast, for the 2003 march to highlight collusion between security forces and loyalist paramilitaries. See previously: Collusion Is State Murder.
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INLA plaque in Friendly Street, Belfast. In proud memory of our fallen comrades: brothers James ‘Jim’ and Thomas ‘Ta’ Power – the former killed by a premature explosion in Friendly Street, site of this plaque, the latter killed alongside John O’Reilly in Dublin by the IPLO, and Emanuel Gargan, who was also killed in the feud. “When the freedom of our country and class has been won let us guard it well remembering it was paid for by the blood and lives of those now dead. Erected by the Irish Republican Socialist Ex-Prisoners Memorial Committee.”
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Young Newton branch of the Ulster Young Militants, 1st Battalion, East Belfast Brigade. “Simply the best.”
Previously: Young Newton Says No | Young Newton at Freedom Corner.
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Michael Stone is removed from the central circle (see T00637) and replaced by an UYM fist. Jonathan “JJ” Gray – son of Jim Gray – died on holiday in Thailand in 2002. Jim Gray, who once owned the pub at the top of the street (Avenue One), himself would be shot in October 2005 after being expelled from the UDA in March. Rab Brown is perhaps the UVF commander – it’s not clear why he’s on a UDA mural. The flag of the ‘Ulster nation’/independent Northern Ireland is retained alongside the Ulster Banner.
Templemore Avenue, east Belfast
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