Óglaıgh na hÉıreann volunteers from the 1st battalion Derry brigade: (l-r) John McDaid, Brian Coyle, Eddie McSheffrey, Patsy Duffy, Jimmy Carr, Gerry Donaghey, Eugine [sic] McGillen [McGillan], Charles English, Jim Movine, Richard Quigley, Barney McFadden, Dennis Heaney, Colm Keenan, Pat Harkin, John Starrs, Eamon[n] Lafferty.
Lecky Road, Brandywell, Derry
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Connolly House, on the Andersonstown Road, Belfast, is the home of Sınn Féın. Connolly’s portrait is on the railings, on the outside wall is the plaque to John/Sean Downes, the roll of honour is on an inside wall (“this plaque was smashed by pro-British elements during an attack on Connolly House in April 2009. Re-erected by Andersonstown Commemoration Committee”).
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A bald eagle carrying a medallion reading “Commonwealth of Kentucky. (Dan Boone led the settlers into Kentucky, according to the mural previously in this spot.) United we stand, divided we fall” flies alongside a sailing ship carrying Ulster-Scots emigrants to the United States (the outer jib shows a thistle surrounded by shamrocks).
Abbot Gardens, Newtownards
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Robert Blair “Paddy” Mayne was a rugby player, boxer, golfer, and solicitor, and in WWII a commando and one of the first members of the SAS (Special Air Service), participating in raids behind enemy lines in Egypt and Libya (depicted in the board above), and later, as SAS commander, in France, Belgium and other countries. His many decorations, including the DSO (four times) and French Croix De Guerre and Legion D’Honneur, are pictured below. His WP page includes an explanation of the ribbon bars.
Mayne was born in Newtownards and returned there at the end of the war. His statue stands in the town’s Conway Square and this board can be found in Queen Street.
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Portrait of King William II of Orange, on the Brookmount Street side of the West Belfast Orange Hall, a.k.a the “Shankill Citadel” (Fb), which opened in 1898.
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“Republican Network For Unity: Bailiffs not welcome in west Belfast. RNU says “No to flat (mis)management agents. Oppose absentee landlords.”
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“Republican Network For Unity – Has British policing worked for you? Build Community. Reclaim our streets.” RNU was formed in 2007, splitting from Sinn Féın over their support of the PSNI.
Brandywell Avenue, Derry
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“Gasyard Féıle 2009. 24th July – 2nd August.” Free Derry Corner is at the centre of outstretched hands around a globe. The back of Free Derry Corner has its own Visual History page.
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“Ballynafeigh Apprentice Boys flute band (tw). William III, Prince Of Orange”. Board in Blackwood Street, Belfast.
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The hoarding in “C Coy St” is removed and a new board celebrating the “Ulster Volunteer Force 1913 – West Belfast Volunteers ‘Shankill Boys'” is added above the mosaic of the 36th Division’s crest.
Carnan Street, Belfast
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