Volunteers from the IRA’s 3rd battalion, Belfast Brigade, Billy Reid, Sean McIlvenna, Rosemary Bleakley, and Michael Kane are shown walking down New Lodge Road. Gibraltar victim Dan McCann is included in the 16 faces in the apex. The main image is on boards while the knotwork and dedication are on brick. “I measc laochra na nGael go raıbh a nanamacha.”
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This mural of UDA A Battalion volunteers, led by John McMichael, is a repainted version of a previous one at the same site (see 1995 M01183 and 2001 M01518). The name of Samuel Curry has been added on the right-most column. The wall in front has been painted with steps (obscured by the cars) with the words “In proud memory of our fallen comrades who lost their lives in the conflict – we forget them not.”
Rowland Way, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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The UVF emblem is broken in two. For the whole, see C01427.
Wellwood Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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The graffitied UFF mural in (the former) Albion Street, Belfast, previously seen in 2001, is repainted and the background changed to blue from white.
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Here is the Dark Days mural – combining imagery of WWI battlefield with a quote from Deuteronomy (7.2) – towards the end of its life, in 2005. Previously seen in 2001.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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South Belfast UDA commander Robert Dougan killed by the IRA on February 10th, 1998 while sitting in a car outside Balmoral Textiles in Dunmurry, two months before the Good Friday Agreement was signed. “Murdered by the enemies 10th February 1998. In memory of our fallen comrade – gone but not forgotten. Quis separabit.”
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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The King William III Prince of Orange mural is repainted and to it are added the UYM emblem and a set of flags of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Most significantly, however, the modern-day gunman on the right has been replaced by another Williamite soldier. Seen previously in 1990 | 1991.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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UDA “Brigadier John McMichael, murdered by the enemies 22nd December 1987. “We forget him not.”” McMichael was killed by a car bomb planted by the IRA, perhaps on intelligence received from inside the UDA. He was a Northern Ireland separatist and author of Beyond The Religious Divide and Common Sense.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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The hoarding around a construction site is taken over by loyalist paramilitaries: “Sandy Row welcome’s you to south Belfast”, with UFF and UFA insignia.
Donegall Road, south Belfast
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