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Digital Title	mni00134
Object File Name	mni00134.tif
Photographer	Crowley, Tony
Subject	Mural painting and decoration Loyalist Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 Ulster Volunteer Force Royal Irish Rifles
Description	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 Irish Rifles] Western'. The Ulster Division, raised after some doubts by the British authorities, was one of those selected to make the initial assault in the battle of the Somme on July 1st 1916 (allowing for the differences in the calendar, 1st July was also the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690).
Publisher	Claremont Colleges Library
Date mural created	1986
Date mural photographed	1988
Affiliation	Loyalist
Language	eng
Source	Scanned from original photograph
Collection	Murals of Northern Ireland Collection http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/mni
Rights	Physical rights are retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. Copyright is retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley.
Type	Image
Format	image/jp2
CONTENTdm number	269

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