This small plaque is on Northumberland Way, on the ‘Dignity’ panel of the Amnesty mural and to the right of La Historia Es Nuestra. It is presumably a reference to the killing of Robert McCartney (WP) though by the time of this photograph, Jock Davison – whom the family believed had given the order for Robert’s stabbing – had already been shot dead (Bel Tel).
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HMS Hawke was a Royal navy WWI cruiser sunk by German U-boat on October 1st, 1914. It was a training ship, which meant that among the 542 sailors who lost their lives on the Hawke, 75 of them were 16 year-old boys.
Five of the deceased were from the Donegall Road area. This is the first mural in south Belfast’s “Poppy Trail”; in addition to the Hawke, there will be a board for each year of the first world war, and perhaps others for WWII, on the streets off Donegall Road, from Barrington Gardens westward across into the Village.
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The Bodé character ‘Deadbone Lizard’ takes the central place in a piece by the TMN crew called “The Fire Rises”, with writing by ANCO and CASP.
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X03572 X03571 Linden Street BLF MASH NOTA none of the above the most nasty
In the myths of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the Fıan Oısín falls in love with Nıamh from the Land Of Youth, but after three years — which is 300 human years — he yearns to return to Ireland. She gives him a magic horse that will preserve his youth while he remains on it. But he falls from it and dies of old age.
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The Bogside Artists’ Civil Rights mural in Rossville Street, Derry/Doıre, which was originally painted in 2004, was repainted (in October 2015) and the portraits of Ivan Cooper and John Hume added. For video of the launch, see the Bogside Artists’ website. See also the Visual History page on the Bogside Artists.
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The Belfast Pride festival runs from July 29th to August 7th this year, with a parade on the 6th. 8 weeks ago today (on June 12th) 49 people were shot to death in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The images below are from Ardoyne Avenue and Northumberland Street.
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IRPWA mural showing prisoners being beaten and lying in a pool of blood, next to the “#DerryHappy” mural in Lecky Road: “End the torture in Maghaberry now!!”
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RNU board in Westland Street, Derry showing a prisoner behind bars, a victim of internment. The wide shot includes a nail-up with “Brits out now – IRA”.
The board was previously on the rear of Free Derry Corner.
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emic (Eoin McGinn Fb | Web |Tw) has been at work on the Falls Road painting a mural for the Suicide Awareness & Support Group. Two figures face each other, seated on the index fingers of hands tattooed with “hope” and “love”. Wide shot below.
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Here are three images from Cluan Place, the PUL street at the bottom of the (CNR) Short Strand in east Belfast. The first two show the flags and bunting in the street, flying from railings, light-poles, and chimney pots. In the third image, crosses have been added to the board at the entrance to the street featured previously Hard Hats Must Be Worn.
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X03684 X03685 X03321 5 people shot houses burnt houses bombed 20 families intimidated out by sinn fein/IRA still loyalist no surrender
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