Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

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“Justice delayed is justice denied by the Office of the Chief Constable, Attorney General and The Police Ombudsman.” McGurk’s bar was bombed in December, 1971, causing the death of 15 people. At the time, the security forces maintained that the bomb was left by someone from the IRA for later collection and that the pub was affiliated with the IRA, despite the fact that a loyalist group claimed responsibility and a witness saw the bomb being planted a few moments before it went off. Among those repeating the “own goal” story was Brigadier Frank Kitson (McGurk’s Bar twitter | BelTel), who was recently named in a Derry mural in connection with Bloody Sunday – see From The Top Down.

For the bar-front (visible in the wide shot) and the plaques at the spot, see McGurk’s Bar Bombing | McGurk’s Bar | McGurk’s Bar.

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We’re From The Coole

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More Sons Of Kai/KAI flute band (ig) markings in Rathcoole, Newtownabbey. See previously The Famous and Welcome To Our Homeland.

Rathcoole Drive/Rathcoole Gardens

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Flegs £10, Bunting £15

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These are images from loyal Ballyclare of goods for sale in the shops along Main Street, including “flegs” and slates commemorative of the coronation of Charles III.

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Peeling In The Sun

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A couple of Leo Boyd (ig) paste-ups of his PSNIce-Cream land-rover (previously a mural in Kent St) are peeling off the pole in North Street, perhaps in part because of the recent warm temperatures.

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Smash Fascism

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Here is a gallery of republican stickers on light poles – and one piece of graffiti – most from Lasaır Dhearg (web).

“Smash fascists, smash fascism.” For the Cliftonville murals in the background, see Red Army.
“Stop imperialist war planes.”
“The PSNI is not a normal police force.”
“Fascism unwelcome” – graffiti on Broadway
Maıréad Farrell “oppressed as a woman” – also used in Our Nation As A Whole; see also Just As Good As Others.
“Stormont can’t deliver.” with “Refugees Welcome“
“Solidarity will save them” – hunger strikers Sibel Balaç and Gökhan Yıldırım.
“Smash fascists, smash fascism.” Same sticker but in west Belfast.
“For a 32 county socialist republic” – with that other “red army” Marx, Engels, Lenin, Connolly,

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My Second Paste Up

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Here is a paste-up version of Leo Boyd’s (ig) HTN2021 piece My First Paste Up.

Union Street, Belfast city centre.

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A Champion Gets Up

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“A champion shows who he is by what he does when he’s tested. When he gets up and says “I can still do it”, he’s “a champion.” In Irish mythology, the Tuatha invade Ireland and battle the Fır Bolg. They are successful but their king Nuadha loses his arm and with it his kingship of the Tuatha. He had it replaced with an arm made of silver and regained his position. He is used here as an inspiration for those struggling with mental health, who are encouraged to call Lifeline or Aware.

(A history of Nuadha in murals is included in the Visual History page on Jim Fitzpatrick.)

The modern-day hero accompanying Nuadha is boxer James “The Assassin” Tennyson, current Irish super-featherweight champion. There are also four mental health boards (shown below) around the corner from Urban Villages Colin Safer Streets Initiative with messages such as “Think, Talk, Feel – Positive”, “Everything that you are is enough”, “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow”,

Laurelglen Pharmacy, on the Stewartstown Road.

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Trash Mob Nomads

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Work from TMN members in McKibben’s Court: AKEN, ANCO, and MASH below.

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The Rarer Action Is In Virtue

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“Our revenge will be the laughter of our children” – The words of Bobby Sands are illustrated on an electrical box on the Whiterock Road, Belfast, with silhouettes of children at play in nature.

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