This is the signage for the Rossa Gaels (Fb) above the front door of the clubhouse on Casltedawson Road.
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O’Donovan Rossa GAC
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Orange Festival
A notice for “Ballynahinch Orange festival – flagship 12th – Thursday 12th July” sits in the window of the Orange Hall, “AD 1932” in Dromore Road.
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Town Council
Ballynahinch Protestant Boys
“Lest we forget – battle of the Somme 1916”, with the names of 24 WWI battles. Ballynahinch Protestant Boys flute band (Fb), “est. 2000”
Main Street, Ballynahinch
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South Down Command
“This monument is dedicated to all those from the South Down locality who lost their lives or played a part in the fight for Irish freedom. Fuair siad bas [bás] ar son saoirse na heireann [hÉireann]”: [IRA volunteers] Peter McNulty, James Carlin, Martin Curran, Leo O’Hanlon, Vivien Fitzsommons, Alphonsus Cunningham, Pauline Kane, Paul Magorrian, Francis Rice, and Colum Marks, who is also included in a north Down memorial.
With adjacent stencil from anti-Agreement republicans: “Restore political status”
South Square, Castlewellan
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Na hÓglaigh A Fuair Bás I nDún Pádraig
“I ndíl chuimhne ar na hÓglaigh a fuair bás ar son na hÉireann: an tÓglach Colm Marks, a maríodh san áit seo [who was killed at this spot] 10-4-1991 agus na hÓglaigh eile a fuair bás i nDún Pádraig” Seamus Blaney, James Carlin, Dickie Curran, Leo Hanlon, Vivienne Fitzsimons, and – a new, historical, addition – Thomas Russell “the man from God knows where” and United Irishman who was hanged and beheaded outside Downpatrick jail in 1803 for his part in the rising.
“The fools, the fools, they have left us our fenian dead and while Ireland holds these graves Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.” [Padraig Pearse’s oration at the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa in 1915]
“Óglaigh Na hÉireann An Dún Theas” [North Down IRA]
St Patrick’s Avenue, Downpatrick
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The Men Of Downpatrick
“In memory of the men of Downpatrick who gave their lives for others in the Great War 1914-1918.” The plaque in the wall (to the right) is to “Pte JJ Cochrane, 3rd Btn Co Down UDR”.
Strangford Road, Downpatrick
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H Block
A large “H” stands between Killough Road and Ballymote Walk, Downpatrick as a memorial to the blanketmen and hunger strikers of the H-Blocks.
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Richhill LOL
Images of the arch in Main Street/Corcreevy Road, Richhill, Co. Armagh, next to the DUP advice centre.
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On Her Diamond Jubilee
“DUP congratulates her majesty the queen on her diamond jubilee” above the constituency offices of Arlene Foster and Maurice Morrow in Wellington Road, Enniskillen.
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