Here are two Tiger’s Bay First Flute murals in Edlingham Street, north Belfast, one with flute and one with drum, both in the form of tigers.
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Tiger’s Bay First Flute
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Rangers
A Rangers player (possibly Ally McCoist, from the graffiti) joins a series of cartoon characters in Edlingham Street, Tiger’s Bay, north Belafst.
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Bacon & Baird
Tiger’s Bay First Flute mural with UDA crest and scrolls to “M[ark?] Bacon” (UDA, a captain of the flute band, killed by IRA stabbing in July 1986 at age 26 – one | two | three) and “R Baird”.
“Edlingham Street” is given, but probably at the bottom (i.e. just above N Queen Street) of U Canning Street or Mervue Street.
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Battle Of The Somme
Flags of the 1912 Ulster Volunteers and of the YCV in Adam Street, Tiger’s Bay, north Belfast.
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The Somme
Silhouette of a reflective WWI soldier in Adam Street, Tiger’s Bay, north Belfast.
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YCV
The YCV shamrock and a small board with the (unofficial) arms of the 36th (Ulster) Division, including a Union flag and harp above a red hand on a field of shamrocks. Crumlin Road, Belfast. Seen previously in 1988.
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Medugorje
In 1981, six Med[j]ugorje children claimed to have seen visions of Mary. The statue is a now a major site of pilgrimage, though it is not officially approved by the Catholic church. The church of St James is in the background.
Berwick Avenue, Ardoyne, north Belfast
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Maıreann An Spıorad Go Foıll
“The spirit (of outdoor music – fiddle, accordion, and flute – and Irish dancing) still lives”, “Maıreann ceoıl agus cultúır na ndaoıne [the music and culture of the people] go foıll”. Mural celebrating the Ard Eoın/Ardoyne Fleadh Cheoıl.
Brompton Park, north Belfast
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Cıceam Ard Eoın
This “Fáılte go dtí Ard Eoın” (Welcome to Ardoyne) mural celebrates the local Cumann Luthcleas Gael (Gaelic Athletic Club) (Tw) “founded 1902”, with images of a footballer and a camogie player. At the bottom is a standing eagle in Celtic style.
Havana Way, Belfast.
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Doıre Cholmcılle
“The oak-grove of Colmcille” (or Columba) – the full name of Derry in Irish at the Butcher Street/Fahan Street gate, Derry.
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