children/youth

Give Us R Future

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“We dont want the past”. A chronicle of the Troubles in Ardoyne: Orange marches, IRA shows of strength, rioting, plastic bullets, the blanket protest, funerals, vigilantism, Holy Cross.

Three close-ups (from 2014) are included below:
Both the satellite dish and the lodge-member in the board sport an orange collar(ette).
A soldier (or possibly a paramilitary) with a rifle and gas-mask  squats against a wall while another stands behind him with a baton.
Rioters under the word “freedom” on a wall and a soldier with plastic bullets. 

For the mural when new, see J1908. The board began life in colour, but, as can be seen from the wide shot below, has now faded mostly to black and white.

Jamaica Way, Ardoyne, north Belfast.

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Mario Vs Donkey Kong

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Mario, Donkey Kong, flower power, and other cartoons off Bridge Street, Larne, under the Harbour Highway.

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Generations Of Health Care

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The Maureen Sheehan Centre is named after a nurse and member of the board of governors at St Teresa’s Nursery School who was killed in a traffic accident.

Roumania Rise, Divis, west Belfast.

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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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Skipping Rope

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This is one of the panels on the wall behind Short Strand community centre, next to Geordie Bell.

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Is Fearr Gaeılge Bhrıste Ná Béarla Clıste

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“Broken Irish is preferable to skilful English”, itself written in somewhat broken Irish. In each corner is a gold ring (fáınne óır), sometimes worn by fluent Irish-speakers. The top hat and the ?daisies? alongside the harp, shamrock, and ?flute? are unusual; if you can explain their appearance here, please comment or get in touch.

Iveagh Youth mural in Iveagh Drive/Céıde Uíbh Eachach

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Tar Lıom I Mo Dhıaıdh

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“Come along with me” – children play ring-a-ring-o’-rosie at the bottom of Kinallen Street, Belfast.

The mural was supported by the New Belfast Community Arts Initiative, Belfast City Council, the Housing Executive, Brighten Belfast, and Pulse.

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Say No To Blow

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The bottom of Farnham Street used open out onto Balfour Avenue and the western embankment of the Lagan, and the gable at the bottom was a good spot for murals. In the late 80s, there was one to celebrate the centenary of Celtic FC (see C00701) and in the 90s there was one to the (Official) IRA (see D00828). And the “Say No To Blow” mural dates back to at least 2004.

In roughly 2008, however, a pair of semi-detached houses were built on the spot, blocking the mural. For an uninhibited view of the whole mural, see D01584.

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Dancing In The Street

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St John Vianney Youth Club is in River Terrace in the lower Ormeau area. This mural was supported by Pulse, the New Belfast Community Arts Initiative, the Housing Executive, and Brighten Belfast.

Cooke Street, south Belfast

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