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2013-01-22 UVFPilgrims+

A UVF mural featuring three masked paramilitaries over the car park of Iceland (a supermarket chain) on the Newtownards Rd. The line “We are the pilgrims, master; we shall go always a little further” comes from a 1913 poem by James Flecker. This mural was painted in May 2011, at a time when, in contrast, paramilitary murals were being replaced (BBC-NI). The in-progress shot below is from 2011-05-28.

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Let Your Union Fly Flag

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2013-01-24 FlyTheFlag+

Graffiti in east Belfast concerning the on-going dispute over the union flag on Belfast City Hall: Be proud to fly your flag. No surrender!

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The Queen’s Golden Jubilee

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Lord Street mural the ERII’s golden (50th) jubilee in 2002. The Beaconsfield Arms is on the left (perhaps the name of the Cock & Hens in 1952) and the previous Ledley Hall school (now Ledley Hall youth club) is on the right.

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For Freedom Alone

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This is the fourth version of the UFF mural on the first gable in “Freedom Corner” along the Newtownards Road but the changes are minor compared with the 2009 version: the jacket and skyline are darker in colour. The mural shows a balaclava’d volunteer with assault rifle and a modified version of the Declaration of Arbroath: “For as long as one hundred of us remain alive we shall never in anyway consent to submit to the Irish for it’s not for glory, honour or riches we fight but for freedom alone which no man loses but with his life – U.D.A./U.F.F”

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Cultural Apartheid

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2013-01-17 CulturalApartheid+

North Belfast Against Cultural Apartheid. Mount Vernon in the rain, January 17th, 2013. (Previously: Mount Vernon Welcome You)

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Nationalism

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2013-01-15 Nationality+

A mural on a low wall in east Belfast: The Ulster conflict is about nationality. This we shall maintain. UK.

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Over The Top

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2013-01-02 TimesSommeDetail+

Detail of a mural commemorating the battle of the Somme in the courtyard of the Times Bar, York Road. The mural is probably based on the work of JP Beadle, such as the painting “Battle of the Somme: Attack of the Ulster Division”, which hangs in Belfast City Hall (militaryprints.com).

Wide shot below …

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Blue

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2013-01-10 Blue+

A mural by artist Deirdre Robb (of Creative Exchange Artists) in Tower Street/Newtownards Road of flax plants, somewhat reminiscent of van Gogh’s Irises. (Leave a comment if you detect another inspiration.) The official title is “Urban Meadows” (Robb).

The painting is on a tarp or canvas that is not firmly affixed to the wall, which allows the painting to move in the wind. The wall and the “pocket park” are on the site of the former RHC mural.

7 min. video of Deirdre talking about the pieces in her exhibit ‘Blue’

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Ibrox

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2013-01-02 TimesIbroxDetail+

Detail from a mural on the courtyard of the Times bar, York Road. In the 2012-2013 season Rangers are playing in the Scottish League’s Division 3 (i.e. the fourth-tier league) after it became insolvent in February, 2012. Full mural below, along with another copy of the club’s emblem on the outside of the bar.

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