
A 1972 Victor Patterson photograph of a UDA mobile patrol in the Oldpark is recreated for this new mural in the Village, south Belfast. “The UDA was formed in September 1971 for most of this time it was a legal organisation. It’s [sic] declared goal was to defend Ulster loyalist Protestant areas and to combat Irish republicanism mainly the IRA. The UDA/UFF declared a ceasefire in 1994 it ended its campaign in 2007.”



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Copyright © 2017 Seosamh Mac Coılle
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I was the driver of that land rover in 1972.the landrover belonged to the NIE at the time. The photo was taken in hillview st on the oldpark.