“On fame’s Eternal camping ground, the silent tents are spread, and glory keeps the solemn round, the bivouac of the dead.” Theodore O’Hara’s 1847 poem in memory of Kentucky soldiers who died in the Mexican War is use to commemorate “our brave fallen volunteers of the 36th (Ulster) Division, North Antrim Battalion (Ballymena).”
Drumtara, Ballymena
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Saint Andrew’s Saltire (on the left) is paired with a provincial Ulster flag (rather than an Ulster Banner), exceedingly rare in a PUL mural.
Larne Street, Harryville, Ballymena
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2007 image of Comhıonannas Don Ghaeılge, seen previously in 2006.
Shiels Street, Belfast
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“Conway linen mill 1842-1976.” Culture NI has a brief history of the mill. It is currently in use as an arts centre and museum.
“Artists Margaret McCann & Deborah Hamilton 06. Beechmount Community Project.”
Another piece for the project was hung in Beechmount Avenue. See M04431.
Thames Street, Belfast
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The upper image in the main mural is of workers leaving Harland & Wolff shipyard in 1911. In the lower image, they are shot in the trenches and suffer a gas attack in WWI.
Upper Newtownards Road, Ballybeen, Dundonald
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“My players are national heroes and have achieve immortality in Northern Ireland folklore …” – Lawrie Sanchez, NI manager. Sanchez was manager from January 2004 to April 2007, when he left to take over Fulham. Under his direction, the team scored notable victories over Spain in a Euro 2008 qualifier and a one-nil victory over England in a World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park. The goals from these games are included in this youtube video of the song We’re Not Brazil; We’re Northern Ireland.
With sponsorship from the East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society.
Montrose Street South, Belfast
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The “UVF” on the storage units would be painted over, leaving only the memorial to the 36th (Ulster) Division. The Ballybeen RHC memorial mural on the side would remain until the building was redeveloped and both murals were replaced by a memorial garden.
Craignish Crescent, Davarr Avenue.
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The Fountain gets an info board based on research and interviews by kids in Cathedral Youth Club. It stands next to the murals and bonfire site in Fountain Street.
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London-/Derry artist Eamonn O’Doherty‘s 1990 sculpture ‘The Emigrants’ is in Waterloo Place, Derry (until 2010 when it would be moved to the quayside).
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Four VC recipients from the 36th (Ulster) Division in WWI are honoured in a mural in Cappagh Gardens: G[eoffrey] St. G[eorge] S[hillington] Cather, W[illiam] F[rederick] MacFadzean, R[obert] Quigg, and E[ric] N[orman] F[rankland] Bell.
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