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Long To Reign Over Us

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2015-01-24 QEII50th+

The Queen’s golden jubilee (50th anniversary 1952 – 2002) is celebrated in this long-lasting UFF/UDA mural in Rathcoole. It originally included a (painted) “plaque” at the bottom, which has been painted out. On September 10th, 2015, Elizabeth II will surpass Victoria as the longest reigning British monarch.

Diamond jubilee mural in the Village: Looking Back; board on the Shankill: For Those About To March | Ulster Girl | A Full House.

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Taigs Out

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2014-08-26 MonkstownBestWide+

UDA mural in Monkstown “Simply The Best”, along with a faded UVF wall with “The Ulster People’s Army” on one half and “Taigs out” over “Ulster Volunteer Force” on the other. For the mural in the background, see M03088.

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Badly Drawn, Boy

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2014-11-15 INLAStopIntern-1+

“Stop inter[n]ment”! “MI5 fram[e] eveyone”! The spelling is lacking but the message is clear.

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Ballyduff UDA

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2014-08-25 BallyduffUDA+

Shown above is a large (approx. 12′ x 10′) board on a gable wall in Ballyduff featuring the emblem of the UDA, including the crown and the red hand of Ulster, except that “Ballyduff” takes the place of the motto “quis separabit”.

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Who Will Separate Us?

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2014-08-26 Monkstown1stBatt+

This Monkstown mural commemorates four UDA volunteers: Malcolm Fisher, Colin Weir, Jim McClurg and William Hobbs. Hobbs and McClurg were killed when a bomb went off prematurely (CAIN’s Sutton Index 1977) ; there is no mention of the other two. Please leave a comment or send an e-mail if you have any information.

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Monkstown UFF

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2014-08-27 MonkstownUFF1stBatt+

The background, at least, has been repainted on this UFF mural in Monkstown with three hooded gunmen in balaclavas, black jackets, and blue jeans posing with assault rifles on an outline of the north coast in the colours of the Northern Irish flag. For the original, see Monkstown UFF 1st Batt.

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Training Ground

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2014-08-24 Carson+

Carson (above) and Craig (below), founders of the Ulster Volunteers and the first two leaders of the Ulster Unionist Party, stand watch at the edge of an outdoor pitch and children’s playground in New Mossley, beneath a flag of the 36th (Ulster) division (see wide shot below). Carson’s profile is shown next to the emblem of the 36th division; Craig is shown next to the flag of Northern Ireland.

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Open & Shut

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2014-08-26 SEAntrimUDA+

There are both UDA and UVF murals along Devenish Drive in Monkstown. Here we have a UDA hooded gunman, along with insignia and mottoes of the UFF/UDA/UYM. The UFF/UYM with a red hand closed into a fist, the open palm of the UDA; UFF – Feriens Tego; UYM – Terrae Filius; UDA – Quis Separabit.

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The Ultimate Sacrifice

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2014-08-25 BallyduffMemorialFrontLeft+

“They paid the ultimate sacrifice”. The UVF/YCV mural above on a Ballyduff electrical station shows WWI soldiers from the 36th (Ulster) Division in relief against an orange sky (perhaps “at the going down of the sun”), picking their way across the battlefields of Flanders. The Ulster Memorial at Thiepval, which commemorates the 5,000 lost lives and more specifically the role of Orange Order members, is shown in the top left corner of the smaller wall. A plaque, hidden behind the low wall to the right but shown below in close-up, indicates sponsorship from the UVF “1st East Antrim Battalion, Ballyduff & Glengormley”.

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A Poppy Grows

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November 11th is Remembrance Day or Armistice day, the anniversary of the cease-fire of the first world war, while 2014 is the centenary year of the beginning of the war in 1914. As part of this year’s commemoration, a very striking giant poppy has sprouted in the middle of the Manse Road roundabout. A close-up is included below: “We will remember them 1914-2014”.

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