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Faded Glory

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These five images show the remains of an Ulster Special Service Force (USSF) mural in Drumahoe Gardens, Millbrook. In addition to the union flag and emblem of the unit, the mural showed the Covenant and Carson, the gunrunning ship Clyde Valley which landed at Larne (not shown here), the garlanded red hand shown above, a memorial lamp post(?) not shown, soldiers from the 36th Division going over the top(fourth), the Ulster Tower and a helmet on a cross (not shown).

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Sure It’s Good To Talk

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Superheroes Hulk, Captain America, Superman, Spiderman, and Wonder Woman fight isolation and depression by passing out the phone number for the Suicide Awareness And Support Group (90239967) and encouraging people to check on each other in Glenbawn.

The wide shot (third) includes the sporting mural seen previously in Hoops, Stripes & Rings. These murals replace a 2005 piece around casts of local children’s hands – the casts have been retained.

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Paris Breakthrough

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The power of art can take you from central Belfast to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Work by Patrick T Devlin at the ArtCetera Studio (fb) in Rosemary Street, Belfast.

Previously by Devlin at (what was then) the Red Barn Gallery: Blowing My Mind | The Passion | Mr Lee | Attendez: Je Suis Charlie | Space Exploration.

Previously: We Own The Night by Real1.

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Is Your Brain Melted?

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Lifeline (web | tw) is response helpline at 0808 808 8000 for anyone in crisis. The mural is by UV Arts (tw | Fb). There is a companion piece: Is Your Head Pure Fried (visible at Belfast Beyond).

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Our Wee Country

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The Irish Football Association (web | tw) is the governing body for Northern Irish soccer, overseeing both domestic and international events. The original Our Wee Country (fan organisation Web | tw) mural was in Carnforth Street, east Belfast. For another and one of the emblem with Ulster banner and Union flags, see Irish Football Association and Our Wee Country.

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Hoops, Stripes, Rings

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Lisburn boxer James “The Assassin” Tennyson, current Irish super-featherweight champion, (BoxRec | tw) provides the centre-piece between soccer and gaelic games in this Glenbawn mural: on the left, the Celtic Boys Club (tw | web), established 1983) and Gaelic games club Seán Uí Mhistéil (web | Fb) originally formed in the New Lodge in 1899.

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We Own The Night

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This is a piece by Real1 (Gary Rowe – web | fb | inst | video interview) outside ArtCetera Studio (fb) (formerly the Red Barn Gallery).

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Sandy Row Remembers

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“‘A’ Battalion Sandy Row remembers” fellow members of the South Belfast Brigade. The use of poppies in UDA murals is unusual, as it is the Ulster Volunteer Force that shares its name with the Ulster Volunteers who fought in WWI as the 36th (Ulster) Brigade.

This new Sandy Row mural is next to the tiles on the David Scott Tile Refinery.

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Benny’s

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Benny’s Café was opened after the Ship Bar – run by Benny Coyle – was blown up in 1972 by a loyalist car bomb, killing two children, Clare Hughes and Paula Strong. (A memorial plaque is on the front of St Joseph’s.) Benny’s is the last remaining business in Short Street in Sailortown (BBC-NI).

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TMN’s On The Loose

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Here are four pieces by TMN crew in McKibben’s Court, next to the CNB work by ACHES and EOIN in Kent Street (see the wide shot, below).

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