Flags on the Shankill Road, West Belfast. From left, the Northern Irish flag (Red Cross on white background, Red hand of Ulster centre, with Union Jack, top left corner; Union Jacks; Israeli flag - some Loyalists identify with Israel's position as...
2003
Graffiti; Loyalist; Johnny Adair
Loyalist graffiti, lower Shankill Road, 2003; former head of UDA/UFF 'C' Company, Johnny Adair, was threatened and forced out of Northern Ireland as a result of an internal feud in the loyalist paramilitary organisation in February 2003; 'Your Days...
1988
Graffiti; Loyalist; Michael Stone; Milltown Cemetery
Loyalist graffiti, Village/Southlink, South Belfast, 1988. Graffiti refers to actions of Michael Stone, a Loyalist paramilitary who attacked Sinn Féin funeral of IRA Volunteers killed in Gibraltar at Milltown Cemetery in 1988; Stone killed three...
1988
Graffiti; Loyalist; Michael Stone; Milltown Cemetery
Loyalist graffiti, Sandy Row, South Belfast, 1988. Graffiti salutes Michael Stone, a Loyalist paramilitary who attacked Sinn Féin funeral of IRA Volunteers killed in Gibraltar at Milltown Cemetery in 1988; Stone killed three and injured sixty....
1989
Graffiti; Loyalist; Peace Line
Loyalist graffiti, Peace Line, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. 'UVF' - Ulster Volunteer Force; 'FTP' - Fuck the Pope; 'Fuck Taigs' - Taig is derogatory reference to Catholic; 'Fuck IRA UDA Rules UVF'. The Peace Lines are mostly made of brick...
1989
Graffiti; Loyalist; Peace Line; UVF
Loyalist graffiti, Peace Line, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. 'UVF Kill All Taigs' - Ulster Volunteer Force; 'Taig' is a derogatory reference to Catholics. The Peace Lines are mostly made of concrete and steel walls up to 25 feet high, topped...
1981
Graffiti; Loyalist; UVF; Hunger strikes
Loyalist mural, Sandy Row, East Belfast, 1981. Ulster Volunteer Force graffiti, anti-Republican Hunger Striker Bobby Sands: 'Support the UVF Sands Rot in Hell'.
1989
Graffiti; Peace Line
Graffiti, Peace Line, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. Graffiti here is mixed - 'UVF' - Ulster Volunteer Force; 'NF' (National Front - a British fascist organisation); 'UTH' - Up the Hibernians, pro-Nationalist slogan; 'ANF' - anti-National...
1989
Graffiti; Republicans; Informers
Republican graffiti, St Peter's Court, Lower Falls/ Divis, West Belfast, 1989. Warning to informers, 'Touts Beware'; the punishment for informing in Republican (and Loyalist) areas was death.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Artwork
Loyalist artwork, Sandy Row, South Belfast, 2010. Commemoration of UVF 1912; stones preserved and mounted - from adjoining bakery where UVF trained in 1912; on wall of SandyRow Community Centre.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Bonfires
Loyalist bonfire, Montague St., Portadown. Preparations for 12th July bonfire, with Union flag.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Bonfires
Loyalist bonfire, Sandy Row, South Belfast, 2010.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Flags
Loyalist flags, Corcrain Rd., Portadown.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Flags
Loyalist flags, Sandy Row, South Belfast, 2010. Northern ireland flag; Union Jack; Scottish flag.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Flags
Loyalist flags and bunting, Donegall Road/ Sandy Row, South Belfast, 2010. Scotland, Union Jack, Northern Ireland and Rangers FC flags on Sandy Row Rangers Supporters Club.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Flags
Loyalist flags, Templemore Ave., East Belfast, 2010. Flags and bunting.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Flags
Loyalist flags, Madrid St., East Belfast, 2010. Loyalist bunting; Peace Line at end of street.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Flags
Loyalist flags, Madrid St., East Belfast, 2010.
2010
2010
Loyalist; Flags; Graffiti
Loyalist flags/ graffiti, Madrid St., East Belfast, 2010. 'Loyalist Madrid Street UVF'.