If You Strike Us Down Now, We Shall Rise Again

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“[I assume that I am speaking to Englishmen who value their freedom, and who profess to be fighting for the freedom of Belgium and Serbia [in WWI].] Believe that we too love freedom and desire it. To us it is more than anything else in the world. If you strike us down now, we shall rise again and renew the fight. You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed – Gen. P. H. Pearse” at his court martial in 1916.

Here are eight images of the memorial plaques to deceased Ardoyne IRA fianna and ógliagh fromt he 1970s: David McAuley, Joseph Campbell, Joseph McComiskey, Bernard Fox, Charles McCann, Seamus Cassidy, Trevor McKibbin, James McDade, Gerard McDade, James Reid, Terry Toolan, Brian Smyth, Paddy McAdorey, Denis Brown, Jim Mulvenna, Jackie Mailey, Frankie Donnelly, Laurence Montgomery.

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Sashay Away

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ESTR (Emmalene Blake web | Inst) and Lanni Powder (Inst) painted this colourful RuPaul mural for Culture Night Belfast/Hit The North. Here is a time-lapse video of their work.

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U’ll Do Nottin!

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A drugs-related dialogue on the walls of Berwick Road in Ardoyne. “AAD” is “Action Against Drugs” who threaten that “Drug dealers will be shot” (in June, they claimed responsibility for two killings – Irish News). But the respondent – perhaps with the power of the resurrection in mind – is unimpressed.

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Worlds Within

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Here is the piece done by Dublin artist NOVICE (Jess Tobin | web | tw | web | inst) for Culture Night/Hit The North.

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Ireland Stands With Catalonia

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Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, will address the regional parliament today, the first time since the referendum on October 1st and the violence that accompanied it. He threatened to announce an independent Catalonia within 48 hours of the poll, but today might in fact be the day (Irish Times | Guardian).

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Ulster Defence Association

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A 1972 Victor Patterson photograph of a UDA mobile patrol in the Oldpark is recreated for this new mural in the Village, south Belfast. “The UDA was formed in September 1971 for most of this time it was a legal organisation. It’s [sic] declared goal was to defend Ulster loyalist Protestant areas and to combat Irish republicanism mainly the IRA. The UDA/UFF declared a ceasefire in 1994 it ended its campaign in 2007.”

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Three Jimmys

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A trio of Jimmies by Glen Molloy (Fb) in Exchange Place: comedian Jimmy Cricket (web | tw), actor James Nesbitt (IMDb), and (featured above) deceased comedian James Young (WP). At the end of the lane is Brian Kennedy, one of eight local musicians on the wall of the current construction site on Hill Street, also by Glen Molloy.

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Harland & Wolf

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Manchester’s Nomad Clan were in town for CNB17/HTN17 and painted the large wall outside the Dirty Onion in Hill Street, punning on local shipbuilders Harland & Wolff. There’s some video of the piece in progress in this CNN profile.

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So It Is

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Visual Waste painted a mural on the wall at the Dirty Onion for Harp’s “Pure Here” campaign, featuring sights (such as the Big Fish and the Balls On The Falls) and characters (including the Castle Court busker and Julian Simmons) from Belfast. For information on the launch, which included boxer Carl Frampton, see Belfast Beyond.

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The World Without Walls

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Year 10 GCSE student Terri Nıc Poılín imagines what the view would be like if the “peace wall” were removed, using cardboard as a canvas. The piece was part of the Coláıste Feirste art show in An Chultúrlann.

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