UFF 2nd Batt C Coy

C Company of UFF 2nd battalion was the lower Shankill company headed by Johnny Adair until he was expelled from the UDA in September 2002 and his friends and family fled to Scotland in February 2003.

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Ceol Gan Teoraınn

“Ceol gan teoraınn” – “unlimited music” or “music without boundaries”. Belfast’s Sean Maguire (also McGuire) (1927-2005) was an All-Ireland fiddle champion and world-wide ambassador for traditional music (WP). The Short Strand artist’s signature can be seen in the bottom corner.

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History Is Written By The Winner

The quote is here attributed to Miriam Daly of the IRSP (web), but it or something like it has been attributed to Napoleon, Göring, and Churchill.

The mural was originally painted 1996 by Ciaran McKernan, Brian O’Loan, and Miriam’s son Donal Daly (you can see an in-progress shot by Sean Patrick Allen on his Facebook page) and is now in poor condition owing to all the graffiti along the bottom.

Oakman Street, Beechmount, west Belfast

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