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...
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...
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...
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...
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
Murals; Loyalist; Graffiti; 1690
Loyalist graffiti, Shankill Road, Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. 'F.T.P Rem 1690'. 'F.T.P.' is an acronym - Fuck the Pope; 'Rem. 1690' is a reference to the Battle of the Boyne, 1690.
1989
Murals; Loyalist; Graffiti; UVF
Loyalist graffiti, Shankill Road, Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. 'Support the U.V.F.' - Ulster Volunteer Force.
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Ulster Volunteer Force
Loyalist mural at Canmore Street/Shankill Road, West Belfast. Mural represents 90 years of history of UVF from its origins in the anti-Home Rule agitation of 1912 to its role in 2002 as paramilitary and, through its links to the Progressive...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Ulster Volunteer Force
Loyalist mural at Canmore Street/Shankill Road, West Belfast. Mural represents 90 years of history of UVF from its origins in the anti-Home Rule agitation of 1912 to its role in 2002 as paramilitary and, through its links to the Progressive...
2003
Murals; Loyalist; Sinn Féin; Peace Process
Loyalist mural, Boundary Street, Shankill, West Belfast, 2003, representations of Sinn Féin duplicity; detail, 'This is the Sinn Féin Commitment to the Peace Process'.
2003
Murals; Loyalist; Sinn Féin; Peace Process; Gerry Adams; Stormont
Loyalist mural, Boundary Street, Shankill, West Belfast, 2003, representations of Sinn Féin duplicity. Detail: Gerry Adams, on road from Stormont Buildings, man of war, man of peace; 'Guns from Florida, Florida - Ireland', IRA gun-smugglng from...
2003
Murals; Loyalist; Sinn Féin; Peace Process; Gerry Adams; Stormont
Loyalist mural, Boundary Street, Shankill, West Belfast, 2003, representations of Sinn Féin duplicity. Detail: Gerry Adams, on road from Stormont Buildings, man of war, man of peace; IRA 'Trraining FARC Rebels', Columbia, 2001; 'Spy Ring at...
2003
Murals; Loyalist; Gerry Adams
Loyalist mural, Boundary Street, Shankill, West Belfast, 2003, representations of Sinn Féin duplicity. Detail: Gerry Adams, on road from Stormont Buildings, man of war, man of peace.
1988
Murals; Loyalist; Battle of the Somme; UVF; RIR
Loyalist mural, Craven St./Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1988 (orig 1986). Mural 'In commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'; image depicts actions of '36th Ulster Division (U.V.F.) [Ulster Volunteer Force] R.I.R. [Royal...
1986
1988
Murals; Loyalist; Battle of the Somme; UVF; RIR
Loyalist mural, Craven St./Shankill Road. West Belfast, 1988 (orig 1986). Mural 'In commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'; image depicts actions of '36th Ulster Division (U.V.F.) [Ulster Volunteer Force] R.I.R. [Royal...
1999
Murals; Loyalist; Red Hand Commando; Gaelic
Loyalist mural, Glenwood Street, Shankill, 2000. Red Hand Commando insignia Red Hand of Ulster with wings, with eagles on either side; most notable feature of this mural is the Gaelic used - lower right - 'Lamh Dearg Abu' (literally, victory to the...
2000
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; RHC
Loyalist mural, Hopewell Avenue, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 2000. Mural commemorates Stevie McCrea, killed by IPLO (Irish People's Liberation Organisation -breakaway group from INLA) in 1989; mural depicts Red Hand Commando flags and insignia...
2000
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Red Hand Commando
Loyalist mural, Hopewell Avenue, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 2000. Mural commemorates Stevie McCrea, killed by IPLO (Irish People's Liberation Organisation -breakaway group from INLA) in 1989; mural depicts Red Hand Commando flags and insignia...
2000
Murals; Loyalist; H-Blocks; UDA; UFF; Prisoners
Loyalist mural, Hopewell Crescent, Lower Shankill, 2000. Commemorates the closing of Long Kesh/The Maze prison, in 2000. Mural depicts walled H-Block compound guarded by watchtower and surrounded by chain; two clenched fists with manacles in shape...
2000
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; UDU; UDA
Loyalist mural, Hopewell Crescent, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 2000. Mural makes links between three organisations, Ulster Defence Union, established in 1893 to resist Home Rule Legislation, the Ulster Defence Association, founded in 1972 as an...
