graffiti/writing

I Am Not An Ulsterman

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“I am not an Ulsterman [but] yesterday, the 1st of July 1916, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world.” The words of Captain Wilfrid (here given as “Wilfred”) Spender replace a Steeple Defenders board that has presumably fallen into disrepair alongside a board showing a soldier from the 36th Division running through no-man’s land (both seen previously in 2003 and 2009).

For a fuller quote, see X04435 from south Belfast.

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09328 [M09329] [M09330]

Young Guns

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This is a selection of small UDA boards and graffiti from the lower section of Parkhall estate in Antrim. The 90th anniversary board was seen previously in 2009.

Donegore Road, Oriel Park, Fountain Hill, Kilbeg Walk

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09288 M09287
M09285 M09286
M09306 M09307

RIP Dolours Price

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Dolours Price died on January 23rd, in Malahide, apparently from an overdose or adverse mixture of medications. Price had served seven years of a twenty-year sentence for the 1973 car bombing of the Old Bailey in London, during which she went on hunger strike and was force fed (WP). She was the sister of Marian Price; both were IRA volunteers. See previously (from 1974): Bring Home The Winchester 8.

Nailor’s Row, Derry

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09213

Matt Baggott RIP

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott (here “Baggot”, with only one “T”) in January announced that he would retire from the force in September of this year (2014), after heading the organisation for five years (Guardian). He, and the PSNI generally, will not be missed in Bray Street (first three) and Rathlin Street (final four), Woodvale, west Belfast.

(Update: The date was moved up – Baggott quit at the end of June. BBC)

“PSNI stay out”, “PSNI no go zone”, “PSNI keep out!!!”, “Fuck the Pope”, “PSNI targets”, “KAT”

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2014 Peter Moloney
M10795 M10796 M10797 M10798 M10799 M10800 M10801

Freedom First

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Five small éirígí (web) pieces of graffiti and stenciling from Creeslough Park (at the corner with Lenadoon Avenue), Belfast. The stencils are of James Connolly (“We defy you! Do your worst!”) and the 3-in-1 figure combining police (“RUC-PSNI – different name, same aim”), Orange Order, and paramilitary.

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2012 Peter Moloney
M09129 M09130 M09131 M09132 M09133

In Memory Of Our Forefathers

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The Ulster Volunteers of 1912 joined the 36th Division of WWI. After the war, many of them joined the B Specials, which was disbanded in 1970 and the UDR created. The modern UVF was formed in 1965. There is a Willowfield UVF memorial garden in Cherryville St (M04070).

Ardenvohr Street, Belfast

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2012 Peter Moloney
M08953

IRA Are Back!

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Anti-Agreement republican graffiti and heavily-vandalised board listing the faults of the PSNI. “End British policing in Ireland – intimidation, sectarianism, 28 day detention, corruption, child assaults, evidence tampering. http://www.32csm.info [now 32csm.org]”

Lecky Road/Durrow Park, Derry

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2012 Peter Moloney
M08665 M08666 M08706