Silhouetted figures with raised fists and flashing the victory sign protest for saoırse (freedom).
Lenadoon Avenue, west Belfast
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Saoırse
Steeple Defenders FB
Nail-ups in Kilgreel Road and (two from) Fountain Hill, Antrim, combining UDA (including UYM) and UVF (including PAF – Protestant Action Force (WP)) emblems. Another Steeple Defenders flute band piece appeared in Parkhall Road.
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Collusion Is State Murder
Here are four boards/murals (from Glen Road, Andersonstown Road, Andersonstown Road, and Shaws Road) calling people to a march and rally against collusion on August 10th, 2003. Two include a vintage poster of Margaret “Thatcher – wanted for state murder.”
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1st July 1916
The Battle of the Somme began on July 1st, 1916, which was also the date (in the Julian calendar) of the Battle of the Boyne. The 36th (Ulster) Division of the British Army lost more than 5,000 men in the initial attack and counter-attack. The battle lasted until November 18th.
Parkhall Road, Antrim
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UVF
The flag of the UVF includes the St George’s Cross in the top left, with the red hand of Ulster in the bottom right (replaced here by the letters “UVF”), on a field of purple.
Parkhall Road, Antrim
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Denver Smith
“In memory of a dear friend.” UVF volunteer Denver Smith was killed in the early morning of January 1st, 2000 by a gang of six men with machetes and pikes; the incident was perhaps drugs-related (Guardian | BBC-NI. For the wider picture An Phoblacht | Irish Times).
Parkhall Road, Antrim with kerbstones in the colours of the UVF.
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Steeple Defenders
Side-by-side in Parkhall Road, Antrim, are board to the 36th (Ulster) Division at the Battle of the Somme, and the local Steeple Defenders flute band (Fb) (and modern UVF and YCV).
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Unlimited Drugs Available
A new meaning for the initials “UDA” on the walls of the old Derry City: Unlimited drugs available. For a 2003 accusations of UDA drug-dealing (in both Derry and Belfast) see this article from An Phoblacht.
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UFF NF
“Quis separabit” (who shall separate) is the motto of the UDA/UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters), linked here to the NF (National Front) by graffiti in Hawkin Street, Londonderry.
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Manus Deery
“He shone on Earth, now he shines in heaven.” Manus Deery, age 15, was shot by a British Army sniper positioned on the city walls on May 19th, 1972. The plaques are at the site of the killing, just behind the Bogside Inn, Westland Street, Derry.
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