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To Hell Or Connaught

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Dan Winter, along with James Wilson and James Sloan, founded the Orange Institution in Loughgall in 1796 in response to sectarian tensions over land. After a decisive victory by the Protestant ‘Peep O’ Day Boys’ over the Catholic ‘Defenders’, the Order was founded and Catholics driven out with the threat ‘to hell or to Connaught’.

One of fourteen panels in Thorndyke Street, east Belfast. For a list of entries for each panel, see East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society.

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The City Is Saved

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Derry city was saved from its siege by the Mountjoy “breaking the boom” that had been laid across the river Foyle. James II’s siege had lasted from April to July, 1689. King William III is in the insert.

One of fourteen panels in Thorndyke Street, east Belfast. For a list of entries for each panel, see East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society.

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East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society

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In 2004 the East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society sponsored a series of 14 murals in Thorndyke Street charting Protestant history from Cromwell to Cluan Place.

This entry contains two wide shots. Individual panels, from left to right, can be seen in the following entries: (M includes the info plaques that were added later)

  • Covenant M
  • Lord Protector M | X
  • The City Is Saved M | X
  • Civil & Religious Liberty M | X
  • Better The Grave Than Slavery M | X
  • Their Sacrifice Our Freedom M | X
  • United Kingdom M | X
  • Hitler Attacks Belfast M | X
  • Defending The Community M | X
  • Unity Solidarity M | X
  • Their Loyalty Betrayed M | X
  • Out Of The Ashes New Life M | X
  • Britannia M | X
  • Commonwealth/Sponsors M | X

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History Is Written By The Winner

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The mask of “revisionism” is lifted from the “truth” of “Irish history”. The quote is here attributed to Miriam Daly of the IRSP (web), but it or something like it has been attributed to Napoleon, Göring, and Churchill.

The mural was originally painted “Aug ’96” by Ciaran McKernan, Brian O’Loan, and Miriam’s son Donal Daly. (An in-progress shot can be found on Sean Patrick Allen’s Facebook page.) The mural is now in poor condition owing to all the graffiti along the bottom.

Oakman Street, Beechmount, west Belfast

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