This is an in-progress image of the UVF/YCV mural in Walnut Street, Donegall Pass, south Belfast, being painted by Gareth Keys and already paint-bombed. For the completed work, see M01522.
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Here (in three parts) is a wide community mural replacing the POW mural in Linfield Road, in the Sandy Row area of south Belfast, depicting a parade marching along Sandy Row past a lot of landmarks (not all in appearing as they actually do along the road).
From left to right, the buildings shown are: the Carnegie Library on Donegall Road, Weaver’s Court (which is at the end of the road that the mural is on), the Royal Bar (Hamilton’s), Gilpin’s shoe shop, Orange Hall, Murray’s tobacco factory, the Belfast & Ulster Brewery building (the courtyard of which was used as a drilling ground by the Ulster Volunteers), Sandy Row District No 5 (Fb) arch.
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“Free our prisoners o[f] w[ar]”, specifically prisoners from the South Belfast UFF/UDA. This pair of smaller murals is in the garden next to St Alban’s, and the gable mural is across the road.
Blythe Street, south Belfast
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On the left, the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement establishes “The right to freedom from sectarian harassment” but, on the right, the Orange Reality involves “10 Catholics murdered as a result of Drumcree, 150 Catholic homes petrol bombed, 1350 Catholic families forced out, many dozens or pipe bombs, attacks on Catholic homes”. The left-hand panel shows the cover of the Agreement booklet that was sent to every household ahead of the vote, showing a family of four silhouetted against a sunset; the right-hand panel shows the same family, but the source of light is now burning houses.
Replaces Let’s Make It Work.
Dromara St, south Belfast
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“South Belfast UFF commander Joe Bratty, murdered by the enemies, 31st July ’94.” Bratty was killed along with Raymond Elder by the Provisional IRA (WP). The pair were also remembered in a Lemberg Street mural in 2001, and later in the Sandy Row memorial garden.
The red fist in the larger mural famously has five fingers and two thumbs.
Roosevelt Street, south Belfast
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UDA volunteers in balaclavas and tracksuit tops pose with their assault rifles.
Lemberg Street, south Belfast
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UDA/UFF volunteers wearing balaclavas kneel, and stand with lowered weapons, “In memory of fallen comrades south Belfast brigade”.
Lemberg Street, south Belfast
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“South Belfast 2nd Battalion B Company Village”. Hooded gunmen from the UVF take aim at the viewer.
Tavanagh Street, Village, south Belfast
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“In loving memory of fallen volunteers [from the] Ulster Volunteer Force Belfast Brigade, Donegall Road 2nd Battalion, A Coy”. The two plaques unfortunately cannot be read.
The side wall shows volunteers with lowered weapons flanking a memorial “In proud and loving memory of Vol. Stevie McCrea, Friend Sammy Mehaffy”.
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Crouching gunmen from the YCV/UVF are ready to defend the Village.
Broadway, the Village, south Belfast
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