Celtic design and various designs featuring the GAA and especially hurling, on Bóthar Chaitríona in the St. James area. The piece above was replaced by a stencil of Che Guevara and the main panel by a Cliftonville-Celtic mural, in 2013.
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A new Fáılte Feırste Thıar mural is being painted below Divis tower that will serve as a transition from the city centre to (CNR) west Belfast.
Below, an even earlier shot of the work in progress from 2011-05-27.
For the completed mural, see the entry at Peter Moloney Collection – Murals.
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The lion rampant outside Larne Branch (founded 1963 Fb) of the Glasgow Rangers FC supporters club, with a shamrock included.
Greenland Drive, Larne.
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Rangers Football Club, founded in 1872 (rather than the 1873 shown here – Brittanica), has its home in Glasgow, Scotland, but has a large following among Northern Irish Protestants.
Union Street, Edgarstown, Portadown.
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Balor and eight other panels in an alley linking the Falls with Ross Road, shortly before redevelopment of Ross Cottages. For individual images of many of the pieces, see Fáılte Go Dtí Bóthar Na bhFál.
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Naomh Éanna (St Enda) Gaelic Athletic Club is located in Glengormley and fields teams in football, hurling, and camogie. The grounds now also host a naíscoıl, which was opened in 2004, with a bunscoıl following in 2007.
The motto is in pre-Caıghdeán Irish: “Neart ın ár lámhaıbh [= lámh], fírınne ın ár dteangthaıbh [= dteangacha], agus glaıne ın ár gcroíthe.”
“Urraıthe ag Foras Na Gaeılge.”
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Glasgow Celtic football club was founded in 1888 by Brother Walfrid who is partially obscured here by a leaf to the left of centre. Joining him in the apex are (from left to right) Charlie Tully (of Belfast and Glasgow Celtic), Willie Maley (the first manager), [Wilfrid], Billy McNeil lifting the European Cup in 1967, Jock Stein (player 1951-1957 and manager 1965-1978). On the field are former players Henrik Larsson (1997-2004) and Jimmy Johnstone (1962-1965) on either side of the team “doing the huddle”.
Friendly Street, south Belfast
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Alex “Hurricane” Higgins died on July 24th, and a new mural has been painted in his memory outside The Royal at the top of Sandy Row (shown above).
It joins a slightly older mural on Donegall Avenue, at the end of the street where Higgins grew up, Abingdon Street (which is now Abingdon Drive).
Both are near the clubs where he learned the game – the Jam Pot and the YMCA – before going on to twice become world snooker champion, in 1972 and 1982. He was a heavy smoker and suffered mouth and throat cancers. (WP)
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“Gary Hamilton – world kickboxing champion – www.prokick.com“. Hamilton held the featherweight full contact world title from 2002-2009 (WP). The Prokick gym is in east Belfast.
Broadway, Village, south Belfast.
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St Oliver Plunkett FC, [founded] 1969, (Fb) with portraits of Philip Mulryne, Anton Rogan, Jim Magillen, Paul McVeigh, Jackie, next to Lenadoon Park, where the team plays its home games.
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