A detail from a board in Tower Street (off the Lower Newtownards Road) featuring a young girl carrying a union flag – a famous photograph from VE Day, 1945. For the whole mural, see M04869.
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A Union Flag in the window of a house on the Lower Newtownards Road, east Belfast.
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Another union jack, this time on the Shore Road, next to a banner boasting that Crusaders (see previously one | two) are “All Ireland Champions 2012”, having won the Setanta cup (WP). “Setanta” is Cú Chulaınn’s original name (Visual History); Setanta sports-television business based in Dublin (WP).
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Protests over the December 3rd vote not to fly the union jack every day at Belfast City Hall continued last night (2012-12-17 — video from BBC-NI | U.tv). The image above shows a flag flying on the loyalist side framed by the pedestrian gate on Northumberland Street. The image below shows one shot across the Cupar Way “peace” line, from Conway Street.
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Another shot of Belfast city hall without a Union flag, reflected in a mirror on a stall in the Christmas market at the front of city hall.
In the shot below, the statue of Edward James Harland looks out over the market.
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A flag-free Belfast city hall. For background information about the on-going protests at its removal, see Union Jack – Donegall Pass.
Despite the protests, this Armenian busker continues to play.
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A Union Flag flies together with an Israeli flag on O’Neill Road over the Rathcoole estate (which saw some rioting last week over the removal of the Union Flag from Belfast city hall) and a Red Hand Commando mural.
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The Union Flag is, how shall we say, “all the rage” these days. (Background from BBC-NI. Here is youtube video of the famous “No Surrender” scream. Gallery of images from protests on Dec 3rd | Dec 8th from U.Tv. Lots of coverage on Slugger O’Toole.) This one is flying over a ‘Give Way’ sign in Donegall Pass.
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More Union Flags. These tattered flags are flying on the Shankill Road.
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“We in Ulster will tolerate no Sinn Féin but we tell you this – that if, having offered you our help, you are yourselves unable to protect us from the machinations of Sinn Féin, and you won’t take our help; we tell you, we will take the matter into our own hands …. ” A quote from Sir Edward Carson (probably, 12th of July, 1920 rather than 1912 – Treason Felony | RTÉ) replaces the previous “free men” quote (see M03378); the poppies between the emblems in the main panel are also new, as is the plinth the hooded gunmen are standing on, which reads “1912 East Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force” (also, “1981 Gareth Keys 2008″). In other words, the mural has been softened (slightly) by adding historical elements.
Castlereagh Road, opposite Ravensdale Street.
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