A banner announcing the Rising Sons Flute Band outside their practice hall in east Belfast. (Previously: Rising Sons mural)
One of many Rising Sons youtube videos:
The banner makes an appearance in this CNN video on the rioting …
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X00761 parking for residents only
“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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X02970 X00846 u.v.f. for god and ulster
An Airtricity hoarding above a UVF mural in Ardenvohr Street. Airtricity is a Dublin-based power company, (though is now owned by a Scottish group).
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X00760 in memory of our forefathers, 1912 willowfield
Rising Sons Flute Band mural at the Newtownards Road junction with Dee Street.
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X00759 east belfast their name liveth forever more 36th ulster division 1985, for god and ulster
Mural facing East Belfast Remembers in mouth of Derwent St. at Newtownards Road.
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X00757 we owe it to the future and the victims never to forget the past. the price of peace is eternal vigilance, east belfast historical and cultural society, 20th july 1982 hyde-park 4 soldiers, 7 horses killed, 31st july 1972 claudy 9 killed in car bomb attack on co. derry village, 17th february 1978 la mon house round-up death toll 12 3 married couples are feared to be among the victims among those picked up in the raids was gerry adams a leading member of pira, 27th/28th june 1970 murder in ballymacarrett 2 innocent protestant men were murdered 28 men, women children seriously injured, 5th january 1976 kingsmills massacre massive manhunt 10 innocent men murdered by republicans, 21st novemeber 1974 birmingham pub blasts kills 21 , the troubles, lest we forget
East Belfast Protestant Boys (Fb) mural “dedicated to Gareth Keys” with the statement “Our message is simple: where our music is welcome, we will play it loud; where our music is challenged, we will play it louder.”
In the old Hemp Street, nearly opposite Derwent St.
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X00756 X05267 our message is simple where our music is welcome we will play it loud where our music is challenged we will play it louder
Here is a board bearing Carson’s image, on the Newtownards Road at Welland Street, opposite the junction with the Albertbridge Road, below a banner to East Belfast Protestant Boys. Carson also appears in a variety of other murals concerning the Ulster Covenant and the threat of Home Rule.
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Relatively recent (late 2011?) mural replacing an advertising hoarding in Derwent St. (Newtownards Rd.) remembering the first world war, immediately next to another commemorating the dead and injured of various attacks during the troubles. The panels of the mural on the right are in/on bricked-up windows.
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X00755 Kingsmill, Shankill Enniskillen, la mon 12 dead 17th feb 1978 bloody friday 21st july 1972 9 dead 130 injured omagh 15th aug 1998 29 dead 300 injured darkley 20th nov 1983 3 dead 7 injured teebane 17th jan 1992 8 dead ballygawley 20th aug 1988 8 dead 28 injured tullyvallen 1st sept 1975 5 dead 6 injured
Pictured in the centre of the mural is Captain Edward John “Ted” Smith – who, as captain of the ship, went down with Titanic after it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic – in between shipyard workers at Harland & Wolff, where the ship was built.
On the painted “plaque” to the left: “Her name is publicly announced in April 1908. Designation begins in March 1909. On May 31. 1911, the Titanic was launched here in Belfast, April 10, 1912. She left Southampton for New York. April 14, 1912 disaster struck in the North Atlantic ocean, 1523 people lost their lives in the disaster, 705 passengers and crew survived.”
At the bottom of the mural: “This mural is respectfully dedicated to the men, women and children who lost their lives in the waters of the North Atlantic on the night of April 14, 1912: to those who survived – whose lives from that night on were forever altered; and to those who built the Titanic [at Harland and Wolff]. We forget them not.”
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This mural celebrates a 1-0 win by Northern Ireland over England. The image reproduces this Belfast Telegraph photograph of David Healy scoring.
Carnforth Street, clearly visible as you proceed along Albertbridge Road.
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X00754 John Stewart we’re not brazil my players are national heroes and have achieved immortality in folklore lawrie sanchez n.i manager; pride passion belief, http://www.ourweecountry.co.uk www ebhcs.co.uk, east belfast historical and cultural society, irish football association, wed 7 sept 2005 Healy (74) att. 14,000 windsor park
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