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Our Wee Country

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This mural celebrates a 1-0 win by Northern Ireland over England. The image reproduces this Belfast Telegraph photograph of David Healy scoring.

Carnforth Street, clearly visible as you proceed along Albertbridge Road.

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X00754 John Stewart we’re not brazil my players are national heroes and have achieved immortality in folklore lawrie sanchez n.i manager; pride passion belief, http://www.ourweecountry.co.uk www ebhcs.co.uk, east belfast historical and cultural society, irish football association, wed 7 sept 2005 Healy (74) att. 14,000 windsor park

Summer 2012 @ Mountainview Tavern

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Summer 2012 saw a number of major events, including Euro2012, the Olympics, Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, and planning by the Unionist Centenary Committee – all featured on a promotional board over the Cambrai Street courtyard of the Mountainview Tavern.

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Soccer Stars

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Soccer stars Rooney, Dida, Ronaldo, George Best, Larson [sic], Fernando Torres, Nakamura look down from the heavens on a local football match where the ‘keeper has taken one to the face.

Harcourt Street, north Belfast.

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The Boys In Blue

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Linfield FC is a south-Belfast soccer club. The 1961-1962 season is one of two seven-trophy seasons in the club’s history, the first being 40 years previously in 1921-1922 (WP).

Vanguard Bears is a Rangers supporters club.

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Betting Sports

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Sporting mural on the side of Sean Graham’s bookmakers. Ireland’s leading goal-scorer Robbie Keane is on the left. Cú Chulaınn plays hurling in the centre. (See also the mural on Casement Park M05144.) The boxer on the right is John Caldwell, a champion from the 1950s and 1960s from Cyprus Street (WP). Painted by a Short Strand artist at the junction of Whiterock and Falls roads.

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Aye Ready

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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 Ready

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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

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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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The Celtic Football Club

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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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Bleed Black & White

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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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