19 year-old Provisional IRA volunteer Eamonn Lafferty was “killed on active service 18th August 1971”, in a gun-battle with British Army forces who were attempting to dismantle barricades in republican “Free Derry”.
Kildrum Gardens, Derry
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The title of the post comes from the previous location of this Ulster Volunteers/UVF board. The image above is from Seymour Gardens, Londonderry, but previously the board was on the main road (Sperrin Park) in the Caw with a black background and title-board above, and side-fence of insignia. From the period of the Ulster Volunteers, the board features the Carson, the Clyde Valley, the Covenant, and the UDU (Ulster Defence Union) manifesto of 1893.
Previously in this location: McFadzean.
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“Free John Brady Now – End internment – W???/32CSM” on Chapel Road exiting east from Dungiven. John Brady was released under the Agreement but was returned to prison in 2003 on weapons charges. He died in prison in 2009 (RN); an inquest will begin in November 2018 (Irish News).
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“Ballee Blues And Royals Flute Band, est. 1987” with a list of the Apprentice Boys (on the left) and (on the right) seven streets in the area (Drumtara, Lettercreeve, Kincora, Shanowen, Shancoole, Shanlieve, Lanntara) and the six counties of Northern Ireland. The emblem in the centre is the arm badge of the Blues & Royals (the British Army regiment), featuring the (French) Waterloo Eagle – here carrying a flute. The band does not appear to have persisted past 2012 has since changed its name – see comment below.
Drumtara, Ballymena
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WWI soldiers from the Ulster Volunteer Force-turned-36th (Ulster) Division go over the top in WWI.
Drumtara, Ballymena
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This board in Larne Road, Ballymena lacks paramilitary designation, but is presumably associated with the UDA, as the floating Northern Ireland is a symbol of the UDA’s “Ulster nationalism”.
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Saint Andrew’s Saltire (on the left) is paired with a provincial Ulster flag (rather than an Ulster Banner), exceedingly rare in a PUL mural.
Larne Street, Harryville, Ballymena
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Emblem of the UDA youth section the Ulster Young Militants in Larne Street, Ballymena. There was also a UDA board at the other end of the row of houses.
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For the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike [staılc ocraıs], a prisoner reaches for a lark (the spirit of freedom) bathed in sunbeams like a beatific vision. “Go dtreoraí cuımhne bhur níobaırtí agus íobaırtí denár dtírghráthóırí náısıún beo bocht chun bua.” [“May the memory of your sacrifices and the sacrifices of our patriots guide a desperate nation to victory.”] The sentence is attributed to Bobby Sands but the source is unknown – please get in touch if you can place it.
Andersonstown Road, Belfast
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“Political status now” – one of four such small boards along the Falls. The others are “Join Republican Sınn Féın 1905-2001“, “RSF“, and “Brits out, not sell out“. Below it (cut off) is “Go mall – páıstí’ (“Slowly – children”).
Islandbawn Street, Belfast
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