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Loyalist Prisoners & Widow’s Welfare

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A second plaque has been added to “The People’s Army” wall on the Shankill Road (at Moscow Street) by the LPWWA Scotland: “In everlasting memory of Volunteer Alastair Von (Ziff) 19th October 2009”. It joins a plaque to “A true soldier – Big Bill Campbell”, leader of the UVF’s 1st Scottich battalion. Campbell and Von were imprisoned for bombing Glasgow pubs in 1979 and Campbell is suspected of involvement of the McGurk’s Bar bombing in 1971. (See also: The Economist gives a brief history of Glasgow sectarianism.) Below are a close-up of the plaques and a shot of the wall last year. Song in honour of Bill Campbell. The Campbell plaque was originally on the Northland St mural of the Shankill West Belfast 1st Batt A Coy 5th Plat before it was reimaged as a Thiepval memorial mural.

See previously: Shankill Reflections

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Comrades In Resistance

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A Che Guevara quote – “I don’t care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting” – unifies two panels bearing masked men firing funeral volleys, Irish and Palestinian shields, and “Our day will come” in both Irish and Arabic.

Previously: Someone Else

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The Ultimate Sacrifice

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“They paid the ultimate sacrifice”. The UVF/YCV mural above on a Ballyduff electrical station shows WWI soldiers from the 36th (Ulster) Division in relief against an orange sky (perhaps “at the going down of the sun”), picking their way across the battlefields of Flanders. The Ulster Memorial at Thiepval, which commemorates the 5,000 lost lives and more specifically the role of Orange Order members, is shown in the top left corner of the smaller wall. A plaque, hidden behind the low wall to the right but shown below in close-up, indicates sponsorship from the UVF “1st East Antrim Battalion, Ballyduff & Glengormley”.

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Lost In The Music

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Here’s the second of two Emic (Fb | Web) pieces done for CNB14: a male figure is engrossed in the music coming from his headphones. The location is the shutter of the Young Savage vintage clothing store on (upper) North Street, part of Bigg Life Arts/Cafe Wah! As can be seen in the wide shot of the Centre, below, Emic also did a piece two shutters down (the Inkie piece in between was featured in Art Lab); his other CNB14 piece is a little further north on the same street.

Also by Emic for CNB14: This Means Nothing. For CNB13: CameraMan. For CNB12: Through The Fog. Previously: Deconstructions | Through The Mists Of Time

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A True Red

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Here is a mural in the Markets area of south Belfast celebrating the achievements of local boy George McMullen, who played youth football for St. Malachy’s and St. Matthew’s before joining Cliftonville in 2011 age 20.

On the left is the familiar Cliftonville huddle (see previously: The Red Army). The two poses in the centre and on the left are reproductions of Belfast Telegraph images. The first is from Cliftonville’s 2013 Dankse Bank Irish League-clinching win over Linfield, which the Reds won with a McMullen penalty in the dying seconds; the second in from the same moment in the 2014 campaign: Chris Curran has just scored to put the Reds two-nil up in a game against Portadown that would win them the League for the second year in succession.

Other Cliftonville players have been featured in murals: Joe The Goal in Ardyone and Rory Donnelly in the Bone.

Below is a shot of the piece in development and below that is a wide shot showing the mural’s location adjacent to the End The Siege On Gaza mural.

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At The Centre Of Health & Well-Being

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Images of Padre Pio, the Capuchin friar, and Our Lady with a sacred heart adorn the outside of the Centre For Health & Well-Being in Ballymurphy’s bullring. Wide shot below.

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Grasping The Barb

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Above is another piece of the multi-panel work by Gerard Kelly (“Mo Chara”) at the top of Springhill, showing a forearm in the colours of the Palestinian flag with a fist clenched around a strand of barbed wire, causing blood to drip down.

Previously from the same set: Hellfire | Palestine Abú | David & Goliath | Man Against Machine

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JFTC2 x2

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Ligoniel (above) and New Lodge (below) copies of a JFTC2 (Justice for the Craigavon Two) stencil by Damian Walker of GaelForce. The Ligoniel location is proving controversial: Walker’s previous attempts have been painted over three times, according to an image in this 32 County Sovereignty post, which also alleges that Sınn Féın has been behind the removals. According to the Tele, a housing executive van was burnt out in response to one of the white-washings. There has been no such controversy in the New Lodge.

Previously: JFTC2 on the mountain | Justice in Hugo Street

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Aoife & The Owl

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Above is the current version, and below is the original version (done for CNB14), of Aoife & The Owl by JMK (Jonny McKerr – Fb).

Previously by JMK: The Look Of Love | The Belfast Blitz

Below is a wide shot of the four new CNB14/Hit The North pieces; in addition to this piece, they are (from left-to-right) Fill Up On Colour by Conzo Throb | Tony Alva Soul Sailor by Psychonautes | The Imaginarium by Elph; also new is the ‘banner’ above the writing, by DMC. At the extreme left (across the street) can be seen DMC’s Long Runs The Fox.

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Return To Loyalist Tiger’s Bay

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The previous board in this location said “‘yes’ to a better future” beneath a tiger, a rainbow, and a DJ at his turntables (see an image at CCDL). That future, it seems, is to go back to a mural similar to the one prior to 2009 – You’re entering Loyalist Tiger’s Bay – though the explicit UDA/UFF insignia are gone, leaving only the clenched fist.

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