Have you spotted a mural or piece of graffiti? Please send tips (and photos) to extramuralactivity@gmail.com or tag us on Twitter @ExtramuralActiv
Welcome to Extramural Activity!
If you have any information about a mural/graffiti/street art, please leave a comment on the post. Questions, too.
We would love to hear from you. Please get in touch by e-mail if you want to use an image. You can get the original, full-size, version and without the copyright notice. (Our images have been used by scholars writing articles and dissertations, documentary film-makers, charities, civic groups, theatre companies, and other blogs.)
We are also available for talks (and tours) to schools and other groups.
Some of the most familiar murals are listed together just below 'For Beginners'.
Completists should check out the Extramural Activity map of murals, graffiti (both those featured on the blog and others) plus "peace" lines and re-drawn estates of the past.
See our
Visual Histories of the Jackson murals, Free Derry Corner, The International Wall, Northumberland Street, Iron Maiden's Eddie The Trooper, Walter Paget's The Birth Of The Irish Republic, and more. If your curiosity still needs satiating, there is also a multi-part history of muraling.
Why do they use a Smiths song title?
Because when we are not at the Oval The light of are Lives Glentoran Burns on