The village of Eden is being absorbed by an expanding Carrickfergus, famous for the castle shown in the UDA board in the first image. King William’s True Blues flute band (KWTB) amalgamated with the South East Antrim Defenders. Sources are few but it seems that SEA Defenders disbanded in 2007 but was re-established in 2010. (See previously 2004.)
Larne Road, Eden
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Sean Garland, long-time OIRA member and president of the Workers’ Party, was arrested in Belfast in October 2005 in connection with a USA extradition request on charges of trafficking in counterfeit dollars.
Grosvenor Road, Belfast
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“Make partition history”. Sınn Féın, celebrating its 100th anniversary, puts out a call for a march in Dublin.
Falls Road, west Belfast
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August 6th, 2003, was “Palestine day/Lá na bPalíneach” on the Falls Road in Belfast, involving “a panel of Irish and Palestinian women; a live video link-up with Palestinian women in Bethlehem; showing of the films “Caoımhe”, “The Return”; and “Jenin”; a photo exhibit entitled “55 Years of Endurance”; and a television show “West Belfast Talks Back””. (UNISPAL)
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“We demand the truth – collusion is state murder”, “Collusion kills”, and a list of “British death squads – RUC UVF LVF”. Tie-ups on the Falls Road, Belfast.
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This is a 20′ x 20′ tarp of an 8′ x 8′ painting done by Mo Chara, shipped over from New York and placed on the side of the Falls library, Belfast. It honours the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers with a verse from a Bobby Sands poem and a border of celtic knotwork, the crests of the four provinces, and other revolutionary and civil rights heroes, include Gandhi, MLK, Gaughan & Stagg, Leonard Peltier/the AIM, Nelson Mandela, Maıréad Farrell, and Nora Connolly.
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A vintage ‘green ribbon’ from the campaign (from the mid- to late-1990s) to release republican POWs, still high up on a Falls Road, Belfast, wall. Just out of shot to the left: The Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing.
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“Doıre” means “oak grove” and the oak leaf is the symbol of Derry city.
Westland Street, Bogside, Derry
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The Orange Order had not marched to Drumcree church in 1998, 1999, 0r 2000 (WP). This banner in Wapping Lane, Londonderry, reminds people to “be prepared” for the current year’s conflict.
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“UDA” on a red, white, and blue tricoloured banner on a building site (Whitehall Square apartments). Napier Street, Belfast.
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