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The Dead Man’s Penny

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“The Memorial Plaque (Death Penny [or Dead Man’s Penny]) was issued after the First World War to the next of kin of all British and Empire Service personnel who were killed as a result of the war.” The “penny” was in fact five inches in diameter and cast in bronze. It showed Britannia with a trident and two dolphins swimming around her, and a lion on oak, along with the name of the deceased (here, Ronald Mitchison) without indication of rank. (Here is a close-up of a plaque from WP.) The board shown above contains other information about WWI, centrally including the statement that “The 16th Irish Division, the Connaught Rangers [7th battalion] and the Irish Rifles [7th battalion], all fought side-by-side throughout World War I.”

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End Internment

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32 County Sovereignty Movement (web) graffiti on the Alliance Avenue “peace” line.

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What Big Teeth You Have

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Appropriate for Halloween: two pieces of scary street art by HIMBAD (Tw | Insta). Above, a sheep in wolf’s clothing, perhaps. And below, a BIG cat!

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Death Drivers

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“Death drivers are killing the community” – anti-joy-riding mural in Beechmount with a skeletal head crashing through a windscreen.

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Tony “TC” Catney

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IRA volunteer Tony “TC” Catney died in August 2014 and a volley of shots was fired over his coffin (Tele), but a memorial event was held in August 2016. To advertise the event, the IRPWA has commandeered the hoarding at corner of Divis and Northumberland streets. Catney was imprisoned at the age of 16 for the 1974 killing of Maurice Knowles. In recent times he was an RNU and JFTC2 supporter.

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Up Under The Earth

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Multi-storey street art by KVLR (Kev Largey) for Culture Night Belfast.

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Show Me The Man

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The Martin Meehan tarp in Ardoyne Avenue has been removed and the wall whitewashed. At the moment, all there is to be seen is the plaque shown above – Show Me The Man, Martin Meehan 1945 – 2007 – and a Cogús board – “End strip searching in Maghaberry now”.

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Are You A Robot?

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Leo Boyd screen-printed a version of his “bird feeder” piece onto the wall in Garfield Street for CNB/HTN, and also (below) the Closed Circuit Camera Book Reader at Keats & Chapman. (See Leo’s tumblr for his “tech heads” and “tele heads” series.)

Previously: Big Men Wail Hammers | When Urban Love Goes Wrong | Oh You Pretty Thing

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COYBIG

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“Come on, you boys in green!” Here’s a mural from the summer, when Ireland (and Northern Ireland) took part in the European soccer championships. The Euro 2016 trophy is at the centre of an Irish Tricolour.

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The Huntress

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Here are two close-ups of Friz’s The Huntress, with dog straining at the chain within sight of the deer leaping in the background. The piece was painted in Kent Street for CNB16/Hit The North, with Danleo’s Palm Cockatoo in the background.

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