So another view from the train window on the way to work... and one of Belfast's many murals. This one's just past the Sydenham halt and is of an earlier incarnation of the UVF. The ship is the Clyde Valley - used for gunrunning for the loyalists in anticipation of the expected "Irish difficulties" in 1914. Home Rule matters slipped a little bit down the agenda when affairs in Europe deteriorated and war was declared. The ship apparently had a gold star painted on the funnel to acknowledge it's role in the sinking of a submarine during WW1.
At least this us an aesthetically pleasing one. Someone should go up the shankill and ost a photo of that one of the queen mother for a laugh!
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool. I told my hubby and we need to plan a trip to Ireland. Seeing all these pictures makes me want to do a little sightseeing and photography in your side of the world! :D
ReplyDeletehow interesting - the 365photo project of 1914
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