Loyalist Murals 2010-2019
2010. Lendrick Street, Belfast
Images of past conflict and present peace, including Cuchulainn. 'Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.'
Images of past conflict and present peace, including Cuchulainn. 'Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.'
2011. Newtownards Road, Belfast
Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force in action, with slogan from the headquarters of the Special Air Services in Credenhill, Herefordshire, England.
Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force in action, with slogan from the headquarters of the Special Air Services in Credenhill, Herefordshire, England.
2012. Inniscarn Drive, Rathcoole, Newtownabbey
Soldiers boarding a troop carrier during World War 1.
Soldiers boarding a troop carrier during World War 1.
2013. Davey's Lane, Carrickfergus
Balaclaved Ulster Volunteer Force member.
Balaclaved Ulster Volunteer Force member.
2014. Woodburn Avenue, Carrickfergus
Armed Ulster Defence Association members, with Carrickfergus Castle and emblem of the Loyalist Prisoners' Association.
Armed Ulster Defence Association members, with Carrickfergus Castle and emblem of the Loyalist Prisoners' Association.
2015. Queen's Avenue, Newtownabbey
Depiction of soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division (formerly the Ulster Volunteer Force) during World War 1.
Depiction of soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division (formerly the Ulster Volunteer Force) during World War 1.
2016. Pitt Park, Newtownards Road, Belfast
Depiction of loyalist bandsmen from different eras, with Harland and Wolff crane in the background. 'Culture threatens no one.'
Depiction of loyalist bandsmen from different eras, with Harland and Wolff crane in the background. 'Culture threatens no one.'
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2017. Frenchpark Street, BelfastCelebration of the Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters, formed in 1971, which ended its armed campaign in 2007. For 22 years the UDA, but not the UFF, was a legal organisation, only banned a short time before the 1994 ceasefires.
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2018. Ravenscroft Avenue, Belfast
Commemoration of the UVF Motor Car Corp, and words of Sir Wilfred Spencer. ‘I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday the 1st July as I followed their amazing attack I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world.’
Commemoration of the UVF Motor Car Corp, and words of Sir Wilfred Spencer. ‘I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday the 1st July as I followed their amazing attack I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world.’
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2019. Ebrington Street, DerryAt the Battle of Messines in 1917, Willie Redmond of the 16th Irish Division (an MP and brother of Irish nationalist leader John Redmond) lay injured in no man's land. He was rescued by John Meeke of the 36th Ulster Division. Willie survived the war, John did not.
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