You never know what’s hiding in a darkened doorway. In an abandoned doorway of stone blocks, deeply recessed on North Street, a skull lies waiting. This is the work of “KVLR” (Kev Largey).
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Bi-lingual board from Sınn Féın exhorting people to get on the electoral register: Faıgh do vóta. Gach vóta luachmhar.
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Above is emic’s new (2013) piece for Culture Night Belfast (web site This Means Nothing), replacing the piece he did at the same time last year.
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The image above shows the centre of a mural in Canada Street depicting Protestant women and children on-board a steamer, the Ulster Queen, leaving Belfast because of rioting and headed for Liverpool, where they were hosted by local Orange families. A shot of the whole is below, as well as a close-up of the laminated letter of thanks to Elsie (Allen) Doyle, one of the organisers in Liverpool.
A very similar mural was in this spot several years ago (though not immediately prior to this one – the wall was blank), featuring three youngsters on the boat, rather than a mother and children. The panel to the right began “In August 1971 many Protestants fled their homes as the IRA launched a bitter sectarian attack on Protestant communities throughout Belfast.” (See M04069.)
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X01394 X01392 X01393 in august 1971 many protestants fled their homes as the scale of violence erupted throughout belfast the loyal people of liverpool held out the hand of friendship in our hour of need up to 2000 terrified women and children escaped from burning homes to live in the safety of liverpool that act of friendship by the people of liverpool will never be forgotten a bond never broken no surrender telegraph the big flight of fear is on refugee problem is still growing number of homeless running into several thousand moving out of riot areas echo city gets ready northern ireland steamship ulster queen princes dock just after 6.30 am tired and strained hastily packed suitcases told of there anguish elsie allen doyle the debt of gratitude owed to this lady cannot be measured sitting in liverpool she seen the plight of the protestant families having to flee their home some of them burning as a member of lily of north ladies l.o.l. 79 she decided something had to be done her husband & father-in-law traveled to belfast in august 1971 what she saw motivated her to think that people could come and stay these needed a break away from mayhem that was going on in the name of the republican cause started to make plans and phoned friends including the orange order the hand of friendship was being extended across the irish sea they would not be found wanting took over 900 no mean feat seen they were all housed and cared for god bless you grandchildren loyalist stretched out to us
The new blue face by DMC (Web | Fb) in North Street wears a crown of autumn leaves. (Replaces Praise’s Dot piece – unvandalised | vandalised. In 2016 the DMC piece itself succumbed to the writer’s can – see the final image, below.)
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“There can be no dignity in labour, till labour knows no master.” The statue of Jim Larkin in Donegall Street Place has been augmented with a massive mural celebrating the many unions which have membership in Ireland. 2013 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Dublin lock-out, which ran from August 1913 to January 1914. The images below show a close-up of the statue (which was previously featured sporting a placard), three female figures in the border to the right of Larkin (Winifred Carney, Inez McCormack, and Betty Sinclair?) and finally, the plans for the piece, which were hanging on the left-hand wall prior to completion.
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X01370 X01368 X01369 X01325 An Injury To One Is An Injury To All ictu tssa iboa nasuwt atl ucu nuj journalists peace work progress said joe what they forgot to kill went on to organise break the connection with capitalism titanic disaster great loss of life gmb siptu services industrial professional technical i.n.t.o. irish national teachers organisation equity arts means jobs fire brigade ucatt serving youth against racism protect public services education union campaign usdaw workers together hands off my mate la révolution prolétairienne communication we want bread and roses too nipsa pcsc defending jobs and services stronger together congress play for your side join your trade union solidarity forever H&W a better and fairer way unions northern committee
Graffiti on the Forthriver Road, in Glencairn: “RIP Maggie Thatcher. True Legend. The Iron Lady.” Beneath a banner reading “Glencairn demands civil rights for all Protestants now!”
Previously: Various anti-Thatcher graffiti
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“Unite in our communities. Unite the union. Unite for jobs. Unemployment and cuts destroy communities!!!” A new mural on Northumberland Street.
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Here is an extra-wide shot of Redmonk’s piece for Culture Night Belfast 2013, in Church Street/North Street. Click through for the full effect. For more, see Killian Redmonk’s facebook page.
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Graffiti at the corner of Lawnbrook Avenue and the Shankill Road: Policing Supporting Nationalists Interests (rather than: Police Service of Northern Ireland).
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Extramural Activity 