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Yes Scotland/Viva Ireland

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2014-09-08 YesScotlandBarracks+

Black Mountain/Slıabh Dubh’s ‘Viva Palestine‘ became ‘Viva Ireland’ – shown below – which in turn was quickly replaced with ‘Yes Scotland’, shown above as seen over the wall of the Springfield PSNI barracks from the (Protestant) Springmartin Road: a union flag and a St. Andrew’s (Scottish) saltire fly from houses in the foreground. These two flags are being used in the media to represent the opposing sides: the Saltire for ‘Yes’ and the Union flag for ‘No’. Scots go to the polls on Thursday the 18th; the two polls of the past week (You-Gov | TNS) suggest that the sides are running neck-and-neck.

Previously: A message To The People Of Scotland

See also: the Slıabh Dubh Visual History page.

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Oh, Paddy Boy

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2014-09-06 BarnesDetail+

Paddy Barnes fights India’s Devendro Singh Laishram in the light flyweight gold-medal bout at the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow. Barnes won gold, successfully defending his title and adding to his collection, shown in the second image (below) and listed at the bottom of the mural (third image, below). Barnes sparked controversy when he remarked, as the Londonderry Air/Danny Boy was played as the Northern Irish “anthem”, “That’s not my national anthem.”. The mural is in Barnes’s home area of Ardoyne/Ard Eoın and was painted by Lucas Quigley and Mickey Doherty.

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An Phalaıstín/Palestine

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2014-08-19 Ghearleanuint+

Pro-Palestine board outside the north Belfast Sınn Féın office on the Antrim Road showing a bloody hand-print and the face of a crying child: “Stad leıs an ghéarleanúınt – ag tacú le cearta na Palaıstíne” : “Stop the persecution – supporting Palestinian rights”. The close-up of the hand and face, below, is taken from an English-language version of the board in Beechmount Street. The third image is of the same board at the Glen Road/Andersonstown Road junction.

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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

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2014-06-05 FlowerGirlx1+

This paste-up in multiple city centre locations shows a child squatting among (fake) flowers in a tub. Artist unknown.

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Hellfire

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2014-09-01 GazaCopterRed+

An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a Hellfire missile at a young Gazan boy carrying a teddy-bear. This is one of the panels of Gerard “Mo Chara” Kelly‘s (video) new work in Springhill, begun over a month ago and comprising seven panels. This one reproduces a Carlos Latuff (ig) image.

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Carnival Of The Animals

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2014-06-15 NStreetArcFullAngle+

Here are two wide shots of Matt Sewell’s large piece at the Donegall Street end of the North Street arcade.

Previous detail shots: A Bird In The Hand | Only When The Dusk Starts To Fall

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Veni, Vidi, Vici

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2014-08-09 DonPassFluteBand2+

New Young Conquerors Flute Band mural in Pine Street, south Belfast, connecting the band to local soldiers who died in WWI.

Video of the launch at the Young Conquerors Fb page.

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To The People Of Scotland

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2014-08-26 RockScotland+

Scots and other residents of Scotland go to the polls on September 18th to vote on independence (WP). The Rock Bar uses the image of Mel Gibson in Braveheart to encourage them to vote “Yes’; recent polls show a slight but persistent preference for a “no” response.  In the background of the wide shot (below), the Viva Palestine lettering can still (2014-08-26) be seen on Slıabh Dubh/Black Mountain.

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The Men Who Stare At Bikes

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2014-06-23 SunflowerBike+

Sunflower faces – opposite the Sunflower pub in Union Street – along with a gardener and a (human) passerby keep an eye on the bicycle locked to the pole on the footpath. Painted by KVLR in June.

Previously at the Sunflower: No Topless Bathing – Ulster Has Suffered Enough

Previously by KVLR: Locked In The Attic | Skull

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Justice

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2014-06-14 JFTC2Chains+

The Craigavon Two – John-Paul Wootton and Brendan McConville – were convicted of the 2009 murder of PSNI Constable Steven Carroll; ‘JTFC2′ or ‘Justice For The Craigavon Two‘ is the group campaigning for their release. The mural above shows two pairs of arms in chains, surrounded by a border of chains.

Replaces the right-hand side of Think Independently. See previously: JFTC2

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