The Red Hand Commando mural on the Hopewell Estate
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The Red Hand Commando mural on the Hopewell Estate
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 21 Jul 2014
This Loyalist mural in Hopewell Avenue dates from the year 2000. It commemorates one of its leading members, Stevie McCrea, killed by the Irish People's Liberation Organisation in 1989. The RHC was an off-shoot of the UVF. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hand_Commando
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