A depiction in Iveagh Drive of the old Broadway picture house (long gone) which was located on the main Falls road nearby.
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At The Pictures
Belfast west
Queen Of Ireland, Empress Of India
From the old Shankill Graveyard. The statue of Queen Victoria was carved by John Cassidy from Slane, Co. Meath in 1897 to mark Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee – she was 78 years of age at the time. She is depicted wearing Nottingham lace. Victoria was Queen Of Ireland 1837 – 1901 and Empress of India 1876 – 1901.
Wide shot below, with the antenna on Tennent St. police station in view …
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Heritage
An Ulster-Scots-American president and a Turkish-Northern-Irish kebab shop. On Ainsworth St. and Shankill Rd. Here is a straight-on shot of the mural from 2004.
See also: the Visual History page on Ulster-Scots Murals.
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X00708 from pioneers to presidents, my ulster blood is my most priceless heritage, james buchanan 15th US president 1857-1861
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“IRA” daubed on exterior of the Springfield Road barracks. (See also: Martin Corey board.)
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Summer 2012 @ Mountainview Tavern
Summer 2012 saw a number of major events, including Euro2012, the Olympics, Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, and planning by the Unionist Centenary Committee – all featured on a promotional board over the Cambrai Street courtyard of the Mountainview Tavern.
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Léana An Dúin CLG
Léana An Dúin/Lenadoon Avenue has a new GAA sports mural painted by Michael Doherty.
The mural is located in the heart of the community, surrounded by dense housing and at the local shops where there is a taxi rank and bus stop.
Wide shot of the complete mural below …
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X00696 X00695 cooper’s pharmacy, ag cuıdıú leıs an phobal
Do Your Worst
The stencil seems to be the weapon of choice of Éırígí at present. Many varieties flourish in Lenadoon.
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X00693 eirigi.org, we defy you do your worst, BAJ4080
Fenced In
This large Martin Corey board is on a fence that runs round Springfield Road police station.
Previously: Martin Corey stencils, with links to background information.
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X00676 end british internment of irish citizens release martin corey now
We The People
A colourful mural on Sráıd Brighton (Brighton Street, Falls at Broadway) from the organization Pobal.
“ar scáth a chéıle” is a shortened version of “Is ar scáth a chéıle a mhaıreann na daoıne”: it is in each other’s shadow (or, as here?, umbr(ell)a) that the people exist; figuratively “no man is an island” or as Dimitry put it in Dostoevsky’s The Brother Karamazov, “we are all responsible for all”.
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X00681 conflict resolution services, 217 falls rd, belfast, ag abhcóıdeacht ar son na gaeılge, pobal: advocacy for the irish language, forbaırt pobaıl, community development, taıghde, research, faıreachán, monitoring, straıtéıs, strategy, cearta & ceılıúıradh, rights and revelry, ealaíon, arts, reachtaíoch, legislation
O Ye Gates
In Belfast, the gates (in the so-called “peace” lines) open up to admit various earthly pleasures and pains, as well as the king of glory. The New Life City Church at the lower gates on Northumberland Street.
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X00680 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and the king of glory shall come in – Psalm 24.7, Pedestrians look right, c.r.f., ice cream
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