The Doomed Mural at the Entrance to the Loyalist Sandy Row
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The Doomed Mural at the Entrance to the Loyalist Sandy Row
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 19 May 2012
This mural is at the northern end of this staunchly loyalist working class area. Sandy Row is a stronghold of the UDA (Ulster Defence Association), a loyalist paramilitary organisation. The mural has echoes of the IRA mural in the Bogside of Londonderry/Derry. Its days, however, are numbered. In response to complaints that the mural is bad for business, it is to be painted over in the next few weeks. It will be replaced by a mural depicting King Billy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18296191 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/king-billys-return-an-artistic-bid-to-regenerate-belfasts-sandy-row-16180428.html
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Image Location
Latitude
54.593303
Longitude
-5.936776