Sir Edward Bingham

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This is a mural in his home town to rear admiral Sir Edward (“Barry”) Bingham, OBE, born in Bangor and recipient of the Victoria Cross (featured in the apex of the roof) for service in WWI.

“Rear Admiral Edward Bingham VC OBE, son of Lord Clanmorris, was born in Bangor and served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in engaging the German fleet during the battle of Jutland. The Bingham family name adorns various settings in the town where he is remembered with pride. Rear Admiral Bingham’s Victoria Cross was purchased by North Down borough council and is on display at the North Down museum.”

This mural is adjacent to a Red Hand Commando mural.

The context shot, below, shows the two together, as viewed through the uprights of a community monument just across the road, featuring old photographs and documenting the history of the local community.

There is a ‘category’ tracking murals with windows.

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The Bogside

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The Bogside Artists’ ‘The Death Of Innocence’ at the bottom of Westland Street in Derry. The mural features Annette McGavigan, who died on September 6th, 1971, at age 14, shot by a British Army soldier. The mural is three storeys high; its height can be judged in comparison with the pedestrian walking below it. Above the mural, the streets of the bogside stand row upon row.

In the video below, one of the artists, Kevin Hasson discusses the mural, including the later alterations to the coloured butterfly and the broken rifle. The original version can be seen in M02053.

See also the Visual History page on The People’s Gallery.

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Thatcherism

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“Thatcher is dead. How do we kill Thatcherism in the 21st century.” Flyer on a letter-box on the Antrim Road at Duncairn Gardens.

Previous Thatcher-related posts.

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Pacifiers

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According to this page from Early Christian Sites In Ireland, trees next to wells were considered holy, and “rags were tied to trees, or objects left there, in the belief that, while they remained, the prayers were still effective”. These pacifiers (or dummies, as they are commonly known) were spotted hanging from trees in the Waterworks. Are these the holy trees of our Late Christian period? Or just a sign that drugs can be procured?

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Our Wee Country #3

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Two small pieces side by side on the Ballysillan Road in north Belfast. First a “Mural done by Carly and the boys …” showing the IFA’s crest over a banner reading “our wee country”. (Previously: Our Wee Country 1 | 2 )

Below is a mural the sponsoring program “Alternatives“. (Other Alternatives murals: Belfast Blitz | Welcome To The Shankill)

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The Birth Of The Irish Republic

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Walter Paget’s Birth Of The Irish Republic shows James Connolly lying injured on a stretcher, being tended to by Elizabeth O’Farrell (? WP), while Pearse, Clarke, and Plunkett (and Ceannt?) stand by. Detail (taken in 2004) just below …

The Birth Of The Irish Republic has its own Visual History page.

See previously: Easter Rising – Whiterock Road mural depicting Countess Markievicz outside the GPO during the Rising.

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Club Óıge Mhachaıre Bothaın

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“Machaıre Botháın” [Bothain] (Marrowbone) Youth Club mural just off Oldpark Road, celebrating Gaelic games, Cliftonville soccer, Antrim, and the four provinces of Ireland.

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Thatcher The Real Criminal

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“Thatcher The Real Criminal” on Black Mountain, overlooking the Springfield Road, with a Mo Chara Kelly mural in the foreground, commemorating the deaths of five people shot by British army snipers in 1972.

This picture was taken on April 18th; on April 19th the lettering on the hillside had been removed.

Recent posts related to the death of Margaret Thatcher: Rot In Hell | Rust In Peace | Living Like Animals.

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Free Palestine

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Exterior of the Museum Of Free Derry, featuring a Palestine mural, and a Civil Rights mural in the top left. Next to the coloured Guernica and a Latuff line-drawing.

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The Birth Of The Republic

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In addition to the seven signatories of the Proclamation of an Irish Republic, 9 other leaders of the Easter Rising were executed in the wake of the rebellion. The portraits of all 16 are part of this new mural (on boards) of Walter Paget’s painting The Birth Of The Irish Republic. (For Paget’s painting, see the painting’s Visual History page.) In order of appearance, the 16 (with links to their WP pages) are …

             (Left-hand side)

  1. John MacBride
  2. Roger Casement
  3. Thomas MacDonagh
  4. Éamonn Ceannt
  5. Thomas Kent
  6. Con Colbert
  7. Michael Mallin
  8. Edward Daly
  9. Michael O’Hanrahan
  10. Willie Pearse
  11. Seán Heuston

    (Right-hand side)
  12. James Connolly
  13. Joseph Plunkett
  14. Patrick Pearse
  15. Tom Clarke 
  16. Seán Mac Diarmada

In Lake Glen Drive, on the side of the Felons’ Club.

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