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Name PIRA, Republican Activists from the Ardoyne, the Bone and Ligoniel Areas.
Address Ardoyne Avenue, Ardoyne.
Mural 55. 1900
Group/Individual Commemorated Republican activists from the Ardoyne, the Bone and Ligoniel areas, Oglaigh na hEireann.
Commissioned By Not known.
Plaque Reads "This mural is dedicated to the memory of those local Republican activists who devoted their lives to the cause of Irish freedom. Ar son na cise, Oglaigh na hEireann Unveiled by Sinn Féin councillors Martin Meehan and Margaret McClenaghan".
Date of Erection Not known [2003].
Description Memorial stone [see "PIRA, Volunteers from the Ardoyne, the Bone and Ligoniel Areas"] on the right hand side.
Notes Mural and plaque unveiled by Sinn Féin councillors Martin Meehan and Margaret McClenaghan.
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Name The New Lodge Six
Address Donore Court, off New Lodge Road, New Lodge.
Mural 52. 1815
Group/Individual Commemorated The New Lodge Six: Jim Sloan, Jim McCann, Brendan Maguire, Tony Campbell, John Loughran and Ambrose Hardy.
Commissioned By Not known.
Plaque Reads "Remembering Six Sons of the New Lodge Jim Sloan Jim McCann Brendan Maguire Tony 'TC' Campbell John Loughran Ambrose Hardy Murdered by British state forces as part of the occupation of our country on the night of the 3rd and 4th February 1973".
Date of Erection 01 February 2003
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Name UVF, "D" Company, 1st Battalion Ballysillan
Address Ballysillan Road, Ballysillan.
Mural 22. 740
Group/Individual Commemorated Fallen Volunteers of "D" Company, 1st Battalion Ballysillan, Ulster Volunteer Force.
Commissioned By Not known [UVF].
Plaque Reads Six plaques. From bottom to top, clockwise: 1)"In proud memory of the officers and Volunteers of D Company 1st Battalion Ulster Volunteer Force For God and Ulster". 2)"In memory of Major Patrick McEvoy Lest we forget". 3)"In proud memory of Volunteer David (Davey) Phillips Taken by cowards Sunday 12 July 1998 Sadly missed by his friends and comrades of 'D' Company Ballysillan Lest we forget". 4)"In memory of Lt. Col. John Dowey Bingham Killed by the enemies of Ulster 14th September 1986 Remembered by officers and members of 1st Batt. 'D.' Coy. Ballysillan - Lest we forget -". 5) "In memory of Major Thomas Stewart Lest we forget". 6) "In memory of Martin Chin Taylor Lest we forget". Iron gates in front of the mural show "YCV D. Coy" crest and "UVF Ballysillan" crest.
Date of Erection Not known.
Description Plaques show: 1) the UVF symbol. 2) the YCV and UVF symbols. Two Volunteers paying their tribute with bowed heads. The PAF symbol. 3) variant of YCV symbol surmounted by a crown 4) the UVF symbol. Two Volunteers paying their tribute with bowed heads. 5) the PAF and YCV symbols. Two Volunteers paying their tribute with bowed heads. The UVF symbol. 6) the UVF symbol. Image of a cenotaph with a Loyalist figure inscribed in it. Clover and red hand.
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PIRA, Republican Activists from the Ardoyne, the Bone and Ligoniel Areas.
The New Lodge Six
UVF, "D" Company, 1st Battalion Ballysillan