Mountjoy
Mountjoy
Mountjoy
HISTORY
- Title
- Mountjoy
- Object Name
- Ship's Bell
- Maker
- MacIlwaine, Lewis and Company (Primary maker)
- Date Made
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c.1886
c.1886 - Place Made
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Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Glasgow
Belfast - Description
- Bronze bell, re-named to `Mountjoy' from the 'Londoner Glasgow.' On 24 April, the SS Clyde Valley was renamed the "Mountjoy", with the use of 6-foot-long strips of canvas painted with white letters on a black background. This was a direct reference to the Mountjoy that broke the boom across the River Foyle during the Siege of Derry in 1689, which gave it a historic symbolism for Unionists. The ship was built in Belfast from 1886-1910 and was named SS Balniel. This changed in 1910-12 to the SS Londoner and then to the SS Clyde Valley from 1912-74, with a brief name change to the Mountjoy in 1914, in an effort to evade the authorities during the UVF gun-running in 1914.
- Materials
- bronze
- Place Collected
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- Catalogue Number
- BELUM.Z221.1953
- Notes
- National Museums NI
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