Springfield Road
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The Springfield Road is a residential area and road traffic thoroughfare adjacent to the Falls Road in west Belfast. The local population is predominantly Irish nationalist and republican. Along parts of the road are several interface area with the neighbouring Ulster loyalist areas of the Greater Shankill. The Springfield Road includes the Ballymurphy and New Barnsley districts and is overlooked by Black Mountain and Divis.
Bilingual street sign at the junction with the Falls Road
An 18-foot-high (5.5 m) barrier along Springmartin Road in Belfast, with New Barnsley police station at one end
Whiterock Orange Hall, where the riots began
A mural on the Springfield Road accusing the British authorities of involvement in loyalist activity
Andy Tyrie
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Andrew Tyrie is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader who served as commander of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) during much of its early history. He took the place of Tommy Herron in 1973 when the latter was killed, and led the organisation until March 1988 when an attempt on his life forced him to resign from his command.
The "Andy Tyrie Interpretive Centre" opened on Belfast's Newtownards Road in 2012