Coláıste Feırste, Cumann Áıtrıtheoırí Na bhFál [Falls Resisdents’ Association], Cumman Cluaın Ard mural in Divis, west Belfast.
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A child’s face — work by emic (web) in the Menagerie car park, University Street, south Belfast.
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In a lay-by just off Montrose Street: a Union Flag and St. Andrew’s Saltire.
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A shortage in low-income housing is highlighted in the #buildhomesnow campaign which has put up lots of small boards (such as the one in the image below, on Divis Street) and the mural shown above, which is in the New Lodge. The site of the old Mackie’s factory is one particular location the campaign says could be redeveloped. (See articles from BMG and Participation & Practice Of Rights.)
For another shot of the mural on the right, see The Great Hunger and the Visual History page on The Great Hunger.
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Derry republican and RNU spokesperson Tony Taylor was released under the conditions of the Good Friday agreement. He was jailed for three years in 2011 for possession of a rifle. His license was revoked in March (2016) and he was returned to prison on the grounds that he poses a danger to the public. Both RNU and Sınn Féın have called for his release. (Irish News)
The wide shot of the north side of the top end of Berwick Road show (from left to right) Unwelcome To Ardoyne | Gal Gréıne | For Unity.
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We’re at a complete loss at who or what “Amanda Jayne” is and what this piece of street art (in Corporation Street) is about. Get in touch if you can enlighten us!
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Here is a Na Fıanna Éıreann (tw) mural in Ardoyne with easter lilies on each side of the Fıanna’s ‘sunburst’ (gal gréıne) emblem (which also includes a pike or bill).
For a history of sunburst flags, with lots of images, see An Sıonnach Fıonn. A banner sporting an early version of the emblem, owned by Countess Markievicz during the Rising, was recently returned from London to Dublin (Irish Times).
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These images all come from Stanley’s Walk, along with eastern side of Celtic Park, which is home to Derry GAA games and has a capacity of 18,000 spectators.
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Players from Scottish football team Celtic and local team Cliftonville “do the huddle” together. The mural was painted in 2013 to celebrate the visit by Celtic to Solitude (Cliftonville’s home pitch) for a Champions League tie between the two teams.
A mural outside Solitude was also painted for the occasion – see The Red Army.
Here are some “in progress” mages of the work above (Fb).
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The main part of a Red Hand Commando mural was replaced recently with a board commemorating the action and deaths of the British Army’s 36th (Ulster) Division in World War I’s Battle Of The Somme, of which Captain Wilfrid Spender wrote, “I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday, the 1st July, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world. My pen cannot describe adequately the hundreds of heroic acts that I witnessed … The Ulster Volunteer Force, from which the division was made, has won a name which equals any in history.”
As shown in the three additional images, part of the old mural (and its plaques) remains on the right, “In memory of all loyalists who gave their lives in defence of Ulster – Lest we forget.”
For images of the launch (on 2016-03-08) see Belfast Live.
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