Stormont Buildings, Belfast
Stormont Buildings where opened by Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) on 16 November 1932. Located in the Stormont area of Belfast, it has served as the seat of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and successive Northern Ireland assemblies and conventions. During the second World War the buildings Portland stone was painted black using a paint made from bitumen and cow manure. This proved more difficult to remove than anticipated and traces of it can still be found on the building. The statue is of Edward Carson, born at 4 Harcourt Street in Dublin and educated at Portarlington School, Wesley College Dublin and Trinity College. Carson began his political career in 1895, but it was for his opposition of Irish Home Rule that he became revered amongst the protestant majority in Ulster. In January 1913, he established the Ulster Volunteer Force, the first loyalist paramilitary group which later became the Ulster Division and fought so valiantly at the Battle of the Somme 1916.
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Photo credit: © Robert Mayne / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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