Celebrating its centenary in 2008, along with the parish church (Lisburn.com): “Dunmurry Orange Hall 1908”.
Upper Dunmurry Lane (at Kingsway)
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Ross’s Linen Mill Workers
William Ross’s linen mill was established in 1802 in Clonard and had 15,000 spindles (Irish Linen Mills). It is now a building of 150 apartments (Fleckimet). Perhaps by Margaret McCann and Deborah Hamilton, who did a similar board in Thames Street featuring Conway Mill.
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Fountain Bonfire
The Fountain bonfire for 2008 includes a Tricolour and Celtic flags, and a Sınn Féın electoral poster. There’s also a children’s bonfire. See also: 2007’s bonfire.
For the mural in the background, see British Ulster Alliance.
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Féıle ’08 Outside
The back of Free Derry Corner is used to advertise the 2008 Gasyard Féıle, on the theme of ‘outside’. Free Derry Corner itself is depicted under the rainbow.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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London?Derry?
This is a poster for an exhibition by Maria McKinney at Context Galleries. perhaps related also to this initiative from the Centre For Contemporary Art, both examining the role of London Street in the city of London-/Derry.
Artillery Street, London-/Derry
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WWI Memorial Towers
Images depicting a pair of WWI memorials – Thiepval Tower and Ulster Tower – are added to the Somme mural below the Cathedral Youth Club.
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Ard Eoın Kickhams
Kickhams is the local Cumann Luthchleas Gael (GAA club) (Fb | tw), founded 1907, named for republican writer Charles Kickham. The mural shows football, hurling, and handball. At the bottom there are three generations of toddler hurlers, from barefoot and cloth-cap to boots and braces to baseball cap and tracksuit.
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The Battle Of Talavera
Talavera de la Reina is southwest of Madrid, Spain. The French, who had invaded Portugal but been driven out by British forces under Wellesley, fought the combined forces of the Spanish (previously allies of the French in the Peninsular War) and British armies. Writing on the side-wall will later be added (see X00327).
By Blaze FX in Hopewell Crescent.
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Football Heroes
Footballers T[ommy] Dickson ‘The Duke Of Windsor‘ (WP), J[oe] Bambrick (WP), and Elisha Scott (WP) are celebrated in a mural along Broadway in south Belfast.
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World War I
The course of World War I, 1914-1918, is depicted in a series of boards along the north side of the Donegall Road bridge, with newspaper headlines from local papers and images of Belfast as troops leave and at the armistice.
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