Bobby Sands grew up and went to school in Rathcoole but in 1972, when he was eighteen, the family home was attacked. They moved to Twinbrook, where Sands joined the IRA (Bobby Sands Trust | WP).
This mosaic is near the Twinbrook home, on the same wall that was the site of the Carol-Ann Kelly mural. Kelly was killed two weeks after Sands’s death.
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In these details from one of the murals at the Duke Of York, Wilde, Beckett and Joyce lie at the feet of Van Morrison, along with two of Van’s albums, a saxophone, a pack of cigarettes, a pail of water and two cone-shaped objects. Sınéad O’Connor and Barry McGuigan, among others look on. In the second image, there are two Them posters on the back wall and Van’s Magic Time album is on stage.
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david mcwilliams, james galway, alex higgins, rab mccullough, gary lightbody, horslips barso, joey dunlop, terri hooley, feargal sharkey, horslips john o’neill, big jim mcdowell, mark o’shea, the edge, sam neill, jimmy reilly, james young, liam neeson, jimmy nesbitt, rory gallagher, seamus heaney, clodagh rodgers, belfast local ruby murray, tony mccoy, katie melua, belfast local ann marie, geraldine hughes, cormac neeson, jackie wright, johnny hero, brian kennedy, darren, juliet turner, dan gordon, gerry anderson, gloria hunniford, barry mcguigan, sinead o’connor, rinty monaghan, gary moore, dana, phil coulter, phil lynott, george best, pat jennings, derek bell, jimmy ellis, bob dylan, john lennon, neil young, willie jack
outside: mark, una healey, michael, enya, nick, angela feeney, c s lewis, dennis taylor, may mcfettridge, paul brady, winston, patrick kielty, brian moore, willie john mcbride, pearce elliot, john lynch, george hamilton, pierce brosnan, ciaran mcmenamin, maggie cronin, hammy, lisa, big william, chris, paddy, eddie irvine, christine bleakley, brendan behan, derek dougan, patrick kavanagh, sir john lavery, john mccormack, danny blanchflower, mary peters, harry gregg, frank carson, martin o’neill OBE, dervla kirwin, stephen rea, hugh russell, wee john caldwell, nadine coyle, julie, martin lynch, nee, ronnie drew, dolores o’riordan, ciaran hinds, belfast local caron keating, kenneth branagh, alice, liam clancy, duke special, bono
A brand new piece (unveiled March 2, 2013) to Brian Robinson and/sponsored by the Shankill Star Flute Band, in Disraeli Street – where Robinson grew up – replete with images from the first World War such as soldiers (both British and German), trenches and poppies. Robinson was killed on 2 Sept., 1989 by an army undercover unit moments after he had shot and killed a Catholic named Patrick McKenna (WP). This is the second mural on the street to Robinson. The piece is not paint, but printed boards, and the image has been generated by computer.
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Two images of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, young and old, on the wall of the passageway to the Duke Of York pub in the city centre.
Peel is famous in Northern Ireland for his love of the song “Teenage Kicks” by Derry group The Undertones (WP). A line from the song – Teenage dreams so hard to beat” – was used in this mural/street art tribute to Peel, who died in 2004 (WP).
Update 2013-06-21: the ‘teenage dreams’ artwork on Bridge End has been painted over (Tele | BBC | Irish Times; video from U.tv).
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A board has quickly gone up, on top of the Guernica mural on the so-called International Wall, to commemorate the death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died on March 5th, at age 58 (WP).
“Adios! Amigo. The path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.”
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“Defenders of the Woodvale from 1969 B Coy”. The Woodvale Defence Association (WDA) was the largest of the local associations which merged together in 1971 to form the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).
Disraeli Street, Woodvale, west Belfast
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A small RNU (Republican Network for Unity, a dissident (political) group) mural and ONH (Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann, a faction of the Real IRA) stencil below the advertising hoarding at the corner of Northumberland Street and the International Wall on Divis Street.
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A picture from the courtyard of the Times Bar, on York Street, with both Northern Irish and Union flags, and the crest of the IFA, the association overseeing soccer in Northern Ireland. (Previously from the Times Bar.)
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“Saint Malachy’s G.A.C. is more than a club. It’s our club. To participate is to represent your community and an expression of your cultural identity.”
A mural celebrating Gaelic games in the parish of St. Malachy/Naomh Maolmhaodhóg, in the Markets area of Belfast. The parish church – featured in the top centre – has a celebrated fan-vaulted ceiling (WP). This mural, on the other hand, features a highly unusual bay window.
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A sign on an advertising hoarding on Donegall Road, with a warning to drug dealers. (Not in a McDonald’s window, as previously stated.)
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