Belfast

Life Springs From Death

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The new replacement board commemorating the Gibraltar 3 (Maıréad Farrell, Dan McCann, and Seán Savage “executed by British crown forces 6th March 1988) uses words from Pearse’s oration at the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa. Not the more common “the fools, the fools …” but “Life springs from death and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations” (used previously in Strabane in 1990 – M00860). The board is “dedicated to the memory of Thomas and Edith Haddock”.

Here is the previous board. The border in the image above is from the board before that – see The Gibraltar Three.

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Owl Doll Millies

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At the turn of the century, almost 100,000 people worked in Belfast mills; the smokestack from a mill appears alongside a H&W crane and the Titanic centre in the skyline of Faigy’s (Fb | Tw) piece for CNB/HTN. One site on linen production in and around Belfast notes that “machines were not properly guarded. Facial and hand injuries, ranging from lacerations to mutilations, were the most common”.

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To France And Flanders

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From Gertrude Street to France and Flanders: young men from the local area who fought and died at WWI’s western front are commemorated in a new mural in Martin Street in east Belfast: G McCune, H. Nabney, J. Burns, W. Duff, J. Fagan, A. Leckey, W. Nabney, M. Scott, R. C. Skillen, J. Watson, R. Harvey, S. Wright. Gertrude Street no longer exists; it was on the other side of Newtownards Road, opposite (the current) St Matthew’s church. The mural bears the emblem of the Gertrude Star Flute Band, which was founded there in 1961. CharterNI were also involved in the mural.

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Lost Duppy

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Two pieces by TLO. Above, “Have you seen Duppy?” Ian Paisley Jnr gets a strange mouse make-over, with a pink nose and Irish harp ears. Below, a sprung skull.

Previously by TLO: Demonizing Paisley, Three Studies Of Ian Paisley, and Ian Jong-un, Wee Angel, Taking The Hump, Derryrhoea.

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Losing An Eye

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A pack of cigarettes loses an eye in throwing up over another pack. Street art by El. Viz (Tw | Insta | web) for CNB16.

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X03862 Garfield St

Ballymac Hits The Books

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The recently-refurbished Ballymac Friendship Centre (Fb) was re-opened in August this year, with a new paste-on mural of local schoolchildren with books and backpacks on the front.

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Past Masters

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Some asshole (her word, not ours) whitewashes a Rembrandt. Work by PANG (Fb | Web) for CNB16.

In the background on the right is part of KVLR’s CNB16 mural. See Up Under The Earth.

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X03904 Hill St

History Is Written By The Winners

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Queen’s University lecturer in economic history Miriam Daly took over as chairwoman of the IRSP (Irish Republican Socialist Party) after founder Seamus Costello was killed in a feud with the IRA. Daly was shot dead in 1980 by the UDA/UFF in her Andersonstown home in 1980. (Interview with husband Jim Daly.)

A long-standing and much-graffitied 1996 mural, History Is Written By The Winner (painted by son Donal Daly among others) was replaced in 2014 by a Joey Ramone mural for a U2 video competition (Murals Of Innocence). The new board shown in today’s images was launched yesterday (Sunday 2016-12-04) to a crowd of about 200. As the final image shows, the PSNI were also “in attendance”.

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Dreph By Dreph

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Self-portrait by Neequaye Dreph (web | Tw) for CNB16 in Kent Street.

Previosusly: Dreph’s work for CNB15 | CNB14

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Hidden Gem

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Here’s INKIE’s (WP | Fb | Web) contribution to this years’ Culture Night Belfast/Hit The North. It is tucked in behind the Arts Resource Centre in Commercial Court.

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