The giant dragon that provides the heat for the oven in O’Connor’s bakery is so big that it takes up all six of the shutters on the shops on the Falls at the top of Donegall Rd.
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This is a recent mural to British forces in Linn Road, Larne. The larger piece of writing on the board above reads, “We wish to pay tribute to the young men and women from this area, who are currently serving or have served with Her Majesty’s Forces in Afghanistan and to those from Northern Ireland who have paid the Surpreme Sacrifice. Lest we forget”.
The smaller one has part of the Ode of Remembrance from Laurence Binyon’s poem For The Fallen: “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun, And in the morning, We will Remember them.”
Replaces the Oliver Cromwell mural on Linn Road, Larne.
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Irish people, perhaps fleeing the Great Hunger, board a ship to emigrate to the United States.
The mural was seen in 1999 and dates to 1995 – the 150th anniversary of the Great Hunger.
Oakman Street, Belfast.
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“Acknowledge each other and appreciate difference.” “The cycles of life continues [sic]. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So let’s bring our minds together as one and give greetings and thanks to each other as people. Respect.”
“Téann rothaí mór an tsaoıl thart go fóıll. Tugadh an dualgas dúınn máıreachtáıl ı gcothromaíocht agus ı gcuıbheas lena chéıle agus le gach neach boe. Anoıs tabharfar ár n-ıntınn le chéıle mar aon ıntınn agus tabharfaımıs beannachtaí agus buíochas dá chéıle mar chomhdhaoıne. Meas” With sponsorship from Blackie River Community and Belfast City Council.
The artist himself is featured.
Ascaıll Ard na bhFeá, Beechmount, west Belfast.
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“Go to the zebra [crossing] if you can and wait for the lollipop man.” “Don’t be a [clown], slow down!”
Public safety mural in Beechmount Avenue/Ascaill Ard na bhFeá, Belfast
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“Strong is what we make each other until we are strong together.” Women in struggle, (clockwise) banging binlids, undergoing strip searches, protesting internment, victims of plastic bullets (Julie Livingstone), fighting in Cumann Na mBan. On the right are the astrological symbol for woman and the republican symbol of “Saoirse” with the green star and fist. With “Free Marian Price” graffiti.
Dungloe Crescent, Lenadoon, Belfast
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“4,400 Palestinian political prisoners, 310 administrative detention. No to Israeli administrative detention! Hunger strike!” with portraits of Hanna Shalabi and Khadner Adnan. Adnan went on strike to protest his violent arrest and interrogation, and detention without trial (“administrative detention”); he reached a deal after 66 days (BBC). Shalabi went on hunger strike to protest her detention without trial; she reached a deal and ended the strike after 43 days (The World). Both were alleged to be members of Islamic Jihad.
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The impending resurrection of Titanic looms overhead, a new and shiny “reason to visit Belfast” in contrast with the boarded up houses on Lawnbrook Avenue.
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These are the murals on either side of the Lower Oldpark Community Action Group in Alloa Street. The office might already have been vacated, as the building will be demolished this summer (the office moved to Avoca St).
Above, children play marbles in the street; below, the Oldpark Carnegie Library (Fb) stand beneath Cave Hill and a signpost points the way to old streets in the area that were named after rivers of Ireland: Lee St, Shannon St, Foyle St, Bann St, Suir St, Liffey St.
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“Honour our patriot dead – wear an Easter lily.” Éırígí (web) board on New Lodge Road, with Marian Price graffiti.
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