“Grá mór” [lots of love] on an electrical box in Ardmoulin Street. Artist unknown.
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Big Love, Belfast
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Abstract work by Without Matter (ig) for HTN2020.
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Save The Market
Locals in the Market area and their supporters (who lodged 856 objections Belfast Live) are celebrating yesterday’s decision by the Belfast City Council’s planning committee not to permit the development of an office park at the corner of Stewart Street and East Bridge Street, with buildings as tall as 14 storeys (BelTel). The proposal was originally rejected by the High Court in May, 2017 (see Sunshine Not Skyscrapers) but was revived last month by developer Kilmona Property (Irish News), causing the renewal of placards and banners in the area, such as those shown in today’s post.
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Nala Races The Bicycles
Nala bounds ahead so quickly that the bicycles seem to stand still. Work by Conor McClure (ig | web) for HTN2020.
Previously by McClure: Vaulty Towers | Head On | More Wolf Than Woman | Spring Wings | The Art Of Precious Scars | Walled Garden.
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Update February 2021: OMAK leaves his mark on Leo Boyd’s piece:
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Thanks NHS
East Belfast’s Lismore Street is recently famous for the removal of bonfire materials in 2019. (See previously: A Vote For The IRA | Dump Wood, No Shite.) The corner of the street usually serves as the “Dump Wood” sign but is currently functioning as a ‘thank you’ to NHS workers.
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City Song
Artist and screen-printer Shane O’Driscoll (ig | web) was in Belfast in September for HTN 2020. His Kent Street piece contains some of the same elements as in his ‘Sea Song’ piece for the New Light exhibition this summer.
Update Nov 7th: The local writers give their verdict by vandalising the piece/re-purposing the wall.
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Cultúr, Teanga, Comhphobaıl
“By night and by day, I ever, ever pray/While lonely my life flows on/To see our flag unfurled/And my true love [to] enfold/In the valley of Slievenamon.” The lyrics are the final lines of The Valley Of Slievenamon, written by Charles J Kickham “fenian, IRB, poet, novelist, author” and much loved in Tipperary. The heroic hurler, however, is Cú Chulainn (rather than the midlands’ Fıonn Mac Cumhaıll). Ardoyne Gaelic games club Cıceam Ard Eoın (tw | Fb) was founded in 1907, 25 years after Kickham’s death.
See previously: (2008) Ard Eoın Kickhams | (2015) The Heart Of Our Community one | two. Also Stronger Together.
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Greetings From Omin
Below The Castle Walls
Carrickfergus castle was built in 1177 and has seen multiple battles in the intervening years, including the Battle Of Carrickfergus in 1597 in which the MacDonnells and O’Neills defeated the forces of Elizabeth I (WP). Its military history makes it a fitting spot for a remembrance of the dead of WWI from the 36th Division.
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Quarantined Bodies
Illustrator and stained-glass artist Kerrie Hanna (ig| web) has been drawing a series of ‘quarantined bodies’ during, and inspired by, the pandemic lockdowns. For HTN 2020 she did a self-portrait – herself, partner Tiarnán and cat, all sharing the sofa.
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Extramural Activity 