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Abstract
Half way along the Cave Hill Road in north Belfast is what is locally known as an interface. The junction near the Cave Hill pub demarcates the "loyalist," Protestant, Westlands Road area from the predominantly Catholic, Irish republican area known as Little America.1 Three lampposts at the junction each display two flags, the Union Jack and the Ulster flag (a red cross of St. George with a six-pointed star and red hand in the center) to demarcate the boundary. The flags were put up in late June at the start of the marching season, a period of Protestant parading that culminates with the Twelfth of July, the annual commemoration of the victory of Protestant King William over Catholic King James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. The flags are left in place long after this period of commemoration is over. Indeed, in many areas they are never removed and serve to demarcate territory into the winter months when the wind and rain reduce them to tatters.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Culture and belonging in divided Societies: Contestation and Symbolic Landscapes |
Subtitle of host publication | Contestation and Symbolic Landscapes |
Editors | Marc Howard Ross |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 68-84 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Volume | 9780812203509 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-8122-0350-9 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-8122-2197-8 , 978-0-8122-4145-7 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Chapter Number: 4ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
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32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology
Bryan, D. (Speaker)
Jul 2009Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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American Anthropological Association
Bryan, D. (Speaker)
28 Nov 2007Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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The Material Value of Flags: Politics and Space in Northern Ireland
Bryan, D., 20 Mar 2018, In: Review of Irish Studies in Europe. 2, 1, p. 76-91 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flags monitoring Project 2008/09: Interim Report Covering 2008, with Comparative Figures from 2006 and 2007
Bryan, D. & Stevenson, C., 2009, Institute of Irish Studies.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report