UVF and YCV insignia in Pitt Place, east Belfast, in the shadow of one of the H&W cranes, with the community centre (Ballymac) on the right.
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Ulster Volunteer Force
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Our Grip Is Tight
“It’s not for glory or riches that we fight but for our people. Ulster’s destiny is in our hands; our grip is tight; we’ll never let go.” A Red Hand Commando volunteer kneels in a garland of poppies.
Tower Street, east Belfast
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Short Strand Roll Of Honour
“I ndılchuımhne ar óglaıgh chomplacht B an trıú cathlan brıogáıd Bhéal Feırste Óglaıgh na hÉıreann a fuaır bás ar son saoırse na hÉıreann and all others who died as a result of British occupation of our country.” Roll of honour for IRA volunteers (up to 1978) in and from east Belfast, beginning with Charlie Monaghan/Monahan who died in 1916 the day before the Rising and who would get a mural in 2006 (and another in the Markets in 2017), as would Sean Martin who died in 1940.
Beechfield Street, east Belfast
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Éıre
“Tabhaır onóır doıgh suíd a fuaır bás ar son na hÉıreann” [corrupted Irish with the general meaning “Honor … who died for Ireland”]. “Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal! – Bobby Sands Fri. 6th March 1981”. Another Éıre mural was previously further down the wall on Mountpottinger Road, Belfast.
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Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
“Whatever You Say, Say Nothing” is the name of a 1975 Seamus Heaney poem from the collection North, and of a 1981 Colum Sands song. “P O’Neill” was the name used by the IRA on its public statements.
Short Strand, east Belfast
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East Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force
UVF territorial marking in east Belfast. McMaster Street, a few blocks west of the earlier UFF marking in Solway Street.
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UFF Dee St 2nd Batt
Newtownards Road at the old Solway Street.
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A Dedication To All Our Fallen Comrades
UVF memorial mural in Lendrick Street, Belfast, with crest over the hoarding.
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2nd Batt UFF
This three-part UDA/UFF mural is in Island Street, Belfast. The “Ulster Freedom Fighters” is a cover name, beginning in 1973, for the Ulster Defence Association, formed in 1971.
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Simply The Best
UDA markings at the bend in Dee Street, east Belfast.
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