Sınn Féın leader Gerry Adams said of the (Provisional) IRA in 1995 “They haven’t gone away, you know” (youtube). The dove of peace is shot down (presumably by IRA weapons) at the junction of Northumberland and Beverly Streets in PUL west Belfast.
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Tourists from France, Japan, Israel, Germany, Italy, China, Spain and Croatia are welcomed to Boyd’s shop in the Lower Shankill estate.
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“Our pork is 100% David Cameron free”. This chalk-board outside a butchers in Glengormley makes reference to the allegation that David Cameron came into intimate contact with a dead pig while at Oxford. Although the allegation hasn’t been substantiated, the affair has taken on a life of its own and is known as “piggate“.
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A tarpaulin celebrating the North Down Grenadiers (Fb) flute band has been added above the Red Hand Commando panels on the front of this house in Bangor’s Whitehill neighbourhood. (Compare the image above to M06398.) The emblems of both groups are very similar, featuring a red hand with wings. As well as the RHC emblem on the front gate, there is also a stone on the left dedicated to D. Company volunteers.
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X02787 Audentes fortuna iuvat – fortune favors the brave at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them in memory of our fallen volunteers north down brigade D. Company lest we forget red hand wings star
Work by Dublin-based artist Novice (Jess Tobin (Fb)) for CNB15 in Belfast city centre. Like ADW’s Born To Create mural, it was graffitied soon after being painted – see the final image, below.
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On Saturday mornings Brandywell Celtic play in the premier division of the Northwest league, while on Sunday mornings Brandywell Harps and Ballymoor FC play in the Senior league. Brandywell Swifts played in the Astroleague. Also included are the Oakleaf Amateur Boxing Club (Fb) and the Long Tower Judo Club.
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The lower Shankill gable with the infamous UDU mural, with the gunman pointing at the viewer, has been razed. (Irish News article on what it calls the ‘Belfast Mona Lisa’.)
Compare this image with the one in Hopewell Gallery.
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Dublin-based South African street artist MarcaMix (pictured below) was in Belfast for CNB15 in September and painted this colourful mural in Garfield Street. The circular swirl was originally larger and looked like a sun, so I see steam rising off icy fields. Or a chemistry experiment gone gloriously wrong. Other interpretations are welcome in the comments!
Previously: For CNB14 with KinMx: Rocket Cowgirl
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Young people from the Lower Shankill pose in the style of a movie poster: “You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.” The info panel (shown below) incorrectly states that the board replaces a loyalist H-Block mural (of which there were two versions: yellow (M02473) | orange) and, before that, a UDU-UFF-UDA mural; these were on different walls and this board replaces only the Maze mural.
This is the second of five recently-launched boards in the lower Shankill. The first to be featured was I Am Not Resilient.
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X03072 X03073 the lower shankill angels youth group came together to create their very own movie style poster celebrating the strength of their group their aspirations and their love and respect for the community the also wanted to highly how they as young people are often misunderstood artist lesley cherry led the photographic workshops drawing out stories about the groups hopes and fears for the future and how some wanted to stay in the area while others wanted to travel and see the world all agreed that the lower shankill would always have a special place in their hearts this artwork celebrates their ambition and optimism at this stage in their lives this artwork was funded by the housing executive working in partnership with the lower shankill community association the artwork replace the a UDA/UDA and the Freedom 2000 mural which featured HM Maze Prison
mark adair megan aiken nathan arbuthnor craig ballentine ryan baxter justin baxter darnel bell latisha brant CJ burke rabileigh crooks morgan dillon alanna flynn nathan hill brandon irvine curtis irvine marcus kane dylan kane megan mccaw simone mccormick jordan mckeag brittney mckeag kerri-lee mclaughlin jenni mclaughlin glenn mcquillan thomas mitchell jordan mullan morgan patterson lauren stewart chloe stewart becky turner craig wilson
Work by artist Hugh Clawson (whose web presence is extremely modest) inside Conway Mill showing life in the mill and the lower Falls/Clonard area from years gone by. Painted directly onto an interior wall.
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