UDU (Ulster Defence Union) mural in Pine Street, Londonderry, vandalised with “IRA” graffiti. The mural has since been repaired. For the original, see Union Shield.
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Break The Connection With England
“Ireland did not vote for Tory cuts. Break the connection with England. www.irsp.ie. Páırtí poblachtach sóısıalaıgh na hÉireann.”
This IRSP/INLA board outside the party offices on the Falls Road protests policies coming from the Westminster parliament and specifically the Conservatives. On the left-hand side of the board are an adjustable pipe-wrench (for IRSP) and a rifle (for INLA). The sticker on a post-box is in Cavendish Street.
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King Of The North
Jon Snow, the character from Song Of Ice And Fire, as incarnated by Kit Harrington on the TV show Game Of Thrones during the Battle Of The Bastards (s6e9).
Time-lapse video of the piece being painted can be found on Visual Waste’s youtube channel.
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As Long As 100 Of Us Remain Alive
Here is the UDA/UFF mural on the left-hand gable of “Freedom Corner”. The mural is a 2015 repaint of the previous mural, which had to be replaced when it disintegrated. (See Freedom Corner for speculation as to the cause.) At the time, there was some disappointment that it was not repainted in a non-paramilitaristic fashion but defenders described the mural as “historical” (Tele).
The mural shows a UDA-jacketed volunteer with assault rifle and a modified version of the Declaration of Arbroath: “For as long as one hundred of us remain alive we shall never in anyway consent to submit to the Irish for it’s not for glory, honour or riches we fight but for freedom alone which no man loses but with his life – U.D.A./U.F.F”
From left to right: For Freedom Alone | As Long As 100 Of Us Remain Alive | Loyalist East Belfast | The Strangest Victory In All History | Ulster’s Past Defenders | Nationality is included in Loyalist East Belfast | Ulster’s Present Defenders | Freedom Corner
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London, Midland And Scottish
In addition to the famous trans-Atlantic ships (image above), Belfast was part of the travel network in the UK and Ireland (image below). Before there was British Railways, there were the Big 4: the Southern, Great Western, London and Northeastern, and London, Midland, and Scottish (LMS) railways. The latter included the railways in the Northern Counties. In addition to railways, the company owned canals, ships (including the Princess Victoria which sank on the Larne-Stranraer route), and hotels. “Belfast-built liners bridged the Atlantic and took people all over the world.” “Railway-owned ships ensured a seamless journey throughout the British Isles.”
Previously:The history of Shipbuilding in Belfast.
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Shaun Dreams Of The Dead
Three more panels from the Glen Molloy gallery on Corporation St: Shaun (of Shaun Of The Dead, played by Simon Pegg), Dom Cobb (from Inception, played by Leonardo DiCaprio), and David Bowie.
Previously: Jack Nicholson in God Of Madness | Billy Casper from Kes.
Shaun replaces DMC’s Three Missed Calls, below.
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Ed’s Entry, Jim’s Departure
Flowers for James (Jim) Hughes, killed by stabbing, outside Divis Tower, where he lived, in November 2016. (Irish News | Belfast Telegraph)
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Cousins
Cousins Francis Hughes (Ó hÁodha) and Thomas McElwee (Mac Gıolla Bhuídhe) were the second and ninth of the 1981 hunger strikers to die. They share a grave in St. Mary’s churchyard in their hometown of Bellaghy, Co. London-/Derry. The image above shows their gravestone “erected by the people of Co. Derry and Co. Antrim”.
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Billy Casper
The hopeless case, Billy Casper (played by David Bradley), from the Ken Loach film Kes, flashes two fingers at the world – as seen in the poster for the movie.
This is another of the 10 panels by Glen Molloy on Corporation Street. See previously: Jack Nicholson in God Of Madness.
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Generations Of Health
These two murals of five women and five babies at the rear of the Maureen Sheehan health care centre are entering (at least) their eighth year of existence and are showing their wear due to both the natural and human causes, such as graffiti and burning (see previously: A Philosophy of Liberation). For the murals in better condition (in 2010) see M05732 and M05733.
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