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Cumann Pobaıl Mhachaıre Botháın

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These plaques are on the front of Cumann Pobaıl Mhachaıre Botháın/Marrowbone Community Association, in memory of two long-time community-workers.

“Teach Christine. Erected in memory of Christine (Bap) Beattie, a dedicated friend and community worker to all in this area.”

“Máırtın Ó Dochartaıgh 1968-2011. Is cuma mura mbím beo ach lá agus oíche amháın fad agus go mbíonn lomrá [ıomrá] ar mo chuıd eachtraí ı mo dhıadh. [It is of no matter whether I live only a single day and night so long as my endeavours gain repute after I am gone.] Máırtín will be greatly missed by his family, friends and colleagues in the youth and community organisations in the Marrowbone and across Belfast.”

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British And Proud

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Loyalists on Sandy Row are not friends of Sinn Féin, the IRA, the PSNI, and all taigs. “We will always walk Ardoyne” is a reference to parading past the Ardoyne shops – the Parades’ Commission banned the march along that part of the route, and rioting took place (BBC).

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Ulster Covenant

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“Sir Edward Carson (later Lord Duncairn) signing the Ulster Covenant in the Belfast City Hall, September 28, 1912. Left to right, 1st row: Mr. R.J. McMordie, Lord Mayor of Belfast, Lord Charles Beresford, Marquess of Londonderry, Sir Edward Carson, Captain James Craig (later Lord Craigavon), Mr. J.H. Campbell, K.C. (later Lord Glenavy), and Dr. W. Gibson. 2nd row: present Lord Londonderry, and Col. R.H. Wallace, C.B., D.L. Behind the latter, Ronald McNeill, M.P. (later Lord Cushendun).”

“NVF” in the left-hand insignia stands for “Newtownards Volunteer Flute [Band]” (Fb). On the right is the insignia of another flute band, the North Down Defenders (Fb).

Outside the Bowtown Youth Club in Abbot Gardens, Newtownards

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Comber Loyalists

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“Comber loyalists support Union Flag at city hall.” – that is, the permanent flying of the Union Flag at Belfast city hall. High Street.

Old UVF nail-up in De Wind Drive.

“Comber Orange and Protestant hall. Erected A.D. 1875” and “Comber Orange Hall 2010” in Railway Street.

“To the glory of God and in memory of those members of Ulster’s security forces from Comber and district who gave their lives in defence of their country. Fidelis atque fortis [faithful and also strong]. Erected in 1998.” With the names of one UDR soldier and four RUC policemen. Killinchy Street.

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Rot In Hell

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“Rot in hell T[h]atcher scum” and “Rot in hell Maggie Thatcher”. Margaret Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister, died on April 8th. These pieces of graffiti are in west and north Belfast; for Derry, see Thatcher’s Dead.

Beechmount Avenue; McQuillan Street; Leeson Street; N Queen Street.

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July 1st

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While the demolition of the last house in the row is under way, the pair of boards on the gable wall (seen in 2012) has been mounted on some scaffolding, with their order reversed – Covenant Day on the left, Somme trench on the right.

Also included is a “Smash Sinn Fein IRA” stencil in the area.

Barrington Gardens/Donegall Avenue, Belfast

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The Lions Of Ulster

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“100 years of the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant. ‘We will not have home rule.’ The lions of Ulster.”

“West Belfast Athletic & Cultural Society – breaking down barriers through sport and cultural exchange. This mural was dedicated by Alderman Hugh Smyth O.B.E. on Friday the 21st September 2012 to commemorate the centenary of the signing of Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant.”

The eight plaques (from left to right) are to Major Fredrick H Crawford, Volunteer Robert J Adgey, James Craig, the Ulster Covenant, Sir Edward Henry Carson, Sir George Lloyd Reilly Richardson, Captain Wilfrid Spender, Ulster Volunteer Force.

N. Howard Street, Belfast

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They Cannot Break Our Spirit

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“‘They cannot or never will break our spirit …’ – Bobby Sands. [A paraphrasing of a line from day 6 of Sands’s hunger strike diary.] ‘Tiocfaidh ár lá’.”

The back of the Springhill memorial garden is decorated for the 30th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike in which ten republican prisoners died in the H-Blocks.

Springhill Avenue, Belfast

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