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...
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...
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
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Rosebank Street, Shankill, West Belfast, 1989, Cartoon-like representation of two armed loyalist volunteers, one holding Northern Irish flag. 'For God and Ulster' - slogan of the Ulster Volunteer Force; local graffiti, mural has...
1989
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Rosebank Street, Shankill, West Belfast, 1989, Cartoon-like representation of two armed loyalist volunteers, one holding Northern
Irish flag. 'For God and Ulster' - slogan of the Ulster Volunteer Force; mural has been paintbombed.
1987
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, West Belfast, 1987. Mural in Percy Place, Lower Shankill Road, depicts map of Northern Ireland in the form of Union Jack with symbol of Ulster at centre; underneath, Loyalist slogan - 'No Surrender'.
1984
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1984. Mural depicts Bible with British Crown above it; 'One Faith One Crown'.
1984
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1984. Mural depicts Bible with British Crown above it; 'One Faith One Crown'.
2002
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Spier's Place, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 2002. Along with the image next to it, this mural is unusual amongst Loyalist representations in that it depicts a woman. Here the woman is masked and armed, defending the land and her...
1984
Murals; Loyalist; 1690; Queen Elizabeth II
Unionist/Loyalist murals, Percy Place, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1984. Mural on left comemorates 1690, Battle of the Boyne; 'God Save Our Queen'; Red Hand of Ulster (foreground) on Northern Irish flag. Mural on right: insignia of Ulster Defence...
1984
Murals; Loyalist; 1690; Queen Elizabeth II
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1984. Mural comemorates 1690, Battle of the Boyne; 'God Save Our Queen'; Red Hand of Ulster (foreground) on Northern Irish flag.
1984
Murals; Loyalist; 1690; Queen Elizabeth II
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1984. Mural comemorates 1690, Battle of the Boyne; 'God Save Our Queen'; Red Hand of Ulster (foreground) on Northern Irish flag. Tower block building to left of house, Divis Flats, Lower...
1984
Murals; Loyalist; 1690; Queen Elizabeth II
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1984. Mural comemorates 1690, Battle of the Boyne; 'God Save Our Queen'; Red Hand of Ulster (foreground) on Northern Irish flag.
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Anti-home rule agitation
Loyalist mural, Spier's Place, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 2002. Above the main mural, the emblem of the Young Citizen Volunteers, an anti-Home Rule organisation formed immediately prior to the to the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant...
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...
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...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Oliver Cromwell
Loyalist mural, Shankill Parade, West Belfast, 2002. Mural commemorates life of Oliver Cromwell. Detail shows side panel (right): 'Our Clergy Persecuted and Our Protestant Churches Desecrated Also Our Protestant People Slaughtered in their...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Oliver Cromwell
Loyalist mural, Shankill Parade, West Belfast, 2002. Mural commemorates life of Oliver Cromwell, 'Born 1599, Died 1658, Lieutenant General, Lord Protector of the Protestant Faith'. Cromwell is a Protestant hero for his role as staunch defender of...
