Here are three details from the Narnia mural Pansy Street, Belfast: Aslan the lion, the witch’s winter world, and the author – CS Lewis, born in east Belfast. This is the second mural in the area on on The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.
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Here are three close-ups from the mural CS Lewis’s book The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe in Convention Court, east Belfast. (For the whole, see M02946.)
This mural replaced the mural putting the Red Branch Knights and the Red Hand Commando in parallel – see the Visual History page on Cú Chulaınn.
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The ‘Civil and religious liberty for all’ mural in Cambrai street was ‘in progress’ for a long time. These images are from October 20th (first two) and November 7th (last two), 2011. The mural, showing parades, bonfires, and Northern Ireland football, would eventually be completed in 2012 – see M08228.
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A good part of this Enfield Street, Belfast, mural is in fact dedicated to Edward Carson – in the top left are “Sir Edward Carson’s family”, “Sir Edward Carson’s wife”, and “Sir Edward Carson’s mother” and below them is a photograph of Carson presenting colours to the South Belfast Volunteers (see We Won’t Have Home Rule) and another (to the middle) of “Sir Edward Carson being introduced to woman nurses”. In the centre are “Local women preparaing food during UWC strike 1974”. Other images include English monarchs Victoria (Queen Of Ireland, Empress Of India) and Elizabeth, Ulster 1914, and the signing of the Ulster Covenant by women.
“This project is part of Belfast City Council’s Cultural Networks programme. It is funded by the EU Programme For Peace & Reconciliation In Northern Ireland And The Border Region Of Ireland (Peace III).”
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Large “UDA” and “UFF” lettering on Dee Street, east Belfast, with red-, white-, and blue-painted pointed rocks to keep people from climbing on the wall.
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This mural is along the walkway between Tamar and Severn streets in east Belfast. The East End Homing Pigeon club was (is?) at 51 Severn Street (Belfast Forum).
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This sequence of UDA/UFF murals are in Island Street, east Belfast: above, the UFF fist with the date of the organisation’s creation; [missing next is a UDA crest – see M02341;] below, the emblem of the UYM, the youth division; last, 2nd battalion memorial.
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William Frederick McFadzean of the 14th (Young Citizens) battalion Royal Irish Rifles, was awarded the Victoria Cross for throwing himself on a box of grenades that had fallen into the trench during the Battle Of The Somme, July 1st, 1916. The figure on the left is Edward Carson. The close-up below shows a “Sydenham roll of honour to those who gave their lives in the Great War and to those who haven’t been traced but are known unto God.”
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Sam Rockett, Trevor King, and Brian Robinson on Disraeli Street, west Belfast.
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Loyalist Rathcoole, and more specifically UDA Rathcoole – the upper part of the estate is a UVF stronghold. Green End, Rathcoole.
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