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Amateur World and European champion Michael Conlan fought – and won – his first professional fight on St. Patrick’s Day, 2017 in New York. Glen Molloy (Fb | Inst) brings his distinctive style to the pugilist’s portrait.

For the mural celebrating Conlan’s 2012 Olympic medal, see Green, White And Bronze.

Previously by Molloy: Jack Nicholson | Billy Casper | Shaun of the Dead/Leo DiCaprio/Bowie | Walken/Adam Ant/Harrison Ford | Prince/George Michael | Homeless … No Less | Blackjack Tattoo

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Let’s Keep The Wall

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Two pieces of local commentary from the Cupar Way “peace” wall in west Belfast. “Fuck the peace process”, “Save the NHS”, and “[Secretary for Health] Jeremy Hunt is a total dick”.

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North Down Battalion

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Recruiting for the Ulster Volunteers in Down was so successful that it was divided into four areas (North, South, East, and West), each with a battalion, and the North down battalion comprised 15 companies (History Ireland). The Down battalions became the 13th battalion of the (108th Brigade) Royal Irish Rifles in WWI. The YCV (Young Citizen Volunteers) was formed separately (in 1912) but joined the Volunteers in May 1914, before becoming the (109th Brigade) 14th battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when the war broke out (WP). Both began their campaigns at Boulogne-Sur-Mer in October, 1915 (WP).

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Ballybeen Remembers Its Fallen

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“Ballybeen remembers it’s [sic] fallen – to the memory and sacrifice of the brave young men from East Belfast who gave their lives with countless others at the Somme and other battles during the Great War 1914-18.” The Union flag and the Thiepval memorials serve as a backdrop for images of individual soldier and photographs of soldiers and nurses at work.

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North Down Defenders

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Here is a small board in Bangor from the North Down Defenders flute band  (Tw | Fb), unusual due to the modified Ulster banner with clenched red hand in the centre. Surrounding it are the flags of the LPA, UDA, UFF, and UYM.

Kearney Gardens, Kilcooley, Bangor.

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Don’t Be A Victim Of Crime

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Four cameras for “just” 349 pounds in order to “protect your home, your car & your kids”, next to a “Brits out” stencil in Beechmount Avenue.

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Ballybeen Dream

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Teenagers at Dundonald High “dream, believe, achieve” success on a par with their “Ballybeen sporting hero[e]s”, such as IBO super bantamweight boxer John Lowey and footballers Noel Brotherson (Blackburn Rovers), Glenn “Spike” Ferguson (Glenavon and Linfield), and Chris Walker (Glentoran).

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Fáılte Go Dtí Ard Eoın

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“Welcome to Ardoyne.” Updated images of a 2014 series of panels in Ardoyne Avenue, celebrating the neighbourhood and reproducing some well-known images from the area. The years have not been kind, with the top layer of brick coming off in many places, including the eyes of boxer Eamonn Magee (?).

For the originals, see Growing Up Too Fast.

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Good Year For A Bonfire

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New work (presumably) by TLO in Belfast city centre showing King Billy (and horse!) wearing a gas mask as he rides over a river of tyres piled up for burning on bonfires. (The original painting is in the Royal Museums Greenwich). The practice of burning tyres has been controversial over the last few years as it is thought to cause toxic fumes. A collection of tyres was removed from Connswater in mid-March (Tele).

Previously by TLO: Demonizing Paisley | Three Studies Of Ian Paisley | Ian Jong-un | Wee Angel | Taking The Hump | Derryrhoea | Lost Duppy.

Thanks to Belfast Street Art (@Belfast_Beyond) for the tip.

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Joe McCann

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Joe McCann was (Official) IRA OC in the Markets area of south Belfast, where he was shot by paratroopers in 1972. The HET in 2013 found that the killing was unjustified, as McCann was unarmed and shot multiple times at close range; the DPP announced in December 2016 that two soldiers – now in their 60s – are to stand trial for the shooting. (WP | Irish Times | Telegraph which also includes the photograph used as a background, which shows McCann, with MI, during the occupation of the Inglis bakery in the Markets on August 9th, 1971 – Internment Day.)

The new board fills in a gap in the upper part of Beechmount Avenue: Free Tony Taylor | Bilal Kayed | The Workers Party | McGurk’s Bar | 9 panels (X02894 X02895 X02896) | Plastic Bullets | 6 panels (X02898 X02899 X02900) | Springhill – Westrock | Collusion Untried | Ballymurphy | 3 panels (X02904) | WBTA | Joe McCann | Stop Wars Not People | Sankara | 32CSM | Fidel Castro

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