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19 of Ireland/Northern Ireland’s Olympic medal winners are honoured in a new mural outside Coláıste Feırste (whose motto – “Is Gael Mıse” – can be seen in the final detail shot), an area also known as the Giant’s Foot, and below a mural about the Titanic, featured previously: one | two.

The 19 are: Fred Tiedt, Tony Byrne, Sonia O’Sullivan, Ronnie Delaney, Paddy Barnes, Wayne McCullough, Michael McCourt, Mary Peters, Freddy Gilroy, Pat O’Callaghan, Michael Carruth, Kenny Egan, Ben Suth, Bob Tisdall, Hugh Russell, Katie Taylor, John Caldwell, John McNulty, John Tracey.

BBC report on the launch.

There was a mural celebrating Michael Conlan’s Olympic bronze earlier in 2012.

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The Mark Of Zorro

Here is Visual Waste’s piece from Belfast Culture Night 2012 – Zorro the fox, so cunning and free, about to spray some art on the street.

Lower North Street. (See also Praise’s completed work from the same night.)

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Dot Dot … Dot

Above is the finished piece by Praise (from Belfast Culture Night 2012), which turned out really well. Lower North Street.

Constructivist? Suprematist?

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White Star Worker

Another detail (and wide shot below) from the new Titanic mural at Coláıste Feırste, also featured previously.

Wide shot of the whole …

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Titanic Lifeboat

Part of a colourful new mural about the Titanic, on Beechview Park, outside Coláıste Feırste. It was launched together with a mural depicting 19 Irish/Northern Irish Olympians. The Olympian mural starts of the gate of Coláıste Feırste, runs up a slight slope, and at the corner the Titanic mural continues. (BBC report on the launch.)

According to the Belfast City Council, the murals “which were funded by Belfast City Council, the Department for Social Development and the PSNI, have been developed in partnership with Beechview Residents’ Association, Coláıste Feırste and the Upper Springfield Community Safety Forum.”

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A Dead End

Here’s a full-size version of a recent Republican mural at the north end of Springhill Ave. The tower beyond is the Springfield Rd. police station. The “August 2010 Agreement” is an agreement reached between prisoners and authorities about treatment in Roe House, an exclusively republican wing.

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Kiss And Make Up

A  mural on the peace line at Cupar Way by Eoin O’Connor at artbyeoin.com. (On the other side of the fence we have Bombay St.)

Like the girl with the flaxen hair, it is written all over by every tourist who comes here in a black taxi or tourist bus.

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Belfast Culture Night 2012

Belfast has just (Friday 21st) had its fourth annual culture night and budding muralists were out in force. Here is random sample. Above is NOTA (none of the above)’s piece on shop shutters in North Street. Update 2013-02-28: A NOTA tag at Belfast Snapper.

Below is Praise, with a blue-and-white constructivist stencilling.

Praise’s piece is on the wall at the bottom of the wheel-chair ramp into (what was) the NI Tourist Board. Just around the corner, on North Street itself, we have this electrical box with white crosses with ‘Get Paid’ slogan, signed PB (??)

This crew didn’t have a name …

‘Visual waste’ was also there; here’s his tag stencil. We’ll have the finished products from Visual Waste and from Praise in a couple of days.

Here is video of various artists at work …

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Marian Price – Whiterock Rd

Marian Price (WP) mural, Whiterock Rd. Launched May 13, 2012. Owen Paterson (with one “t”) was replaced last week as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland after five months in office. Charges against Price were reinstated on September 5th (Slugger). See also Marian Price poster .

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California Dreamin’

Here’s the completed mural by Hicks54 painted last weekend as part of the East Belfast Arts Festival.

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