The Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1970 as a replacement for the B Specials. It was amalgamated into the Royal Irish Rifles in 1992.
Ballee Way, Ballymena
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UDR Check Point
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Ballykeel UVF
Faded red hand in Orkney Drive, Ballykeel 2, Ballymena.
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Loyal Glebeside
These three images are from a single corner on Alexandra Avenue in Ballymoney’s Glebeside estate.
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Ulster Sails West
“They were the first to proclaim for freedom in these United States. Even before Lexington the Scotch-Irish blood had been shed for American Freedom – Pres. Wm. McKinley” in 1893. According to William Marshall’s book Ulster Sails West, the battle McKinley is referring to was on the Alamace river in North Carolina in 1771. McCormick (J2024) asserts that the hunter on the right is Davy Crockett, born 1786, who died in the Battle of the Alamo in the Texas Revolution. Hillview Avenue, Ballymoney.
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Invicta
“Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.” – the words of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata used in an “undefeated” UDA/UFF board in Carnany Park, with hooded gunmen standing on an independent Northern Ireland-shaped Ulster Banner.
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Ballymoney 3rd Battalion
UDA/UFF 3rd battalion (North Antrim brigade). Carnany Drive, Ballymoney.
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UDA 3rd Battalion
“For as long as one hundred of us remain alive, we shall never in any way consent to submit to the rule of the Irish. For it is not for glory we fight but for freedom alone which no man loses but with his life.” This is a modified version of the (English translation of the) Declaration of Arbroath, declaring Scotland’s independence from England. UDA North Antrim-Londonderry brigade. Carnany Gardens, Ballymoney.
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Ballymoney DUP
DUP [Democratic Unionist Party] constituency office in Charles Street, Ballymoney. The office was opened in 2004 (Ballymoney Times). The lion was first used as the DUP’s emblem in 2001.
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