In the myth of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Dagda took over the kingship when Nuada was injured. Dagda is in the centre of the (unfinished) mural above, smiting the soldier in the bottom right. Here is the Jim Fitzpatrick original, from 1977.
By Mo Chara Kelly in Springhill Avenue, Belfast
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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The Ulster Young Defenders (UYD) are a flute band from Sandy Row, formed in 1974.
City Walk/Linfield Avenue, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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Mural to the memory of soldiers in the 36th (Ulster) Division and the Young Citizen Volunteers (whose emblem involves the shamrock and the words “In God our trust”) who died in World War 1.
City Walk (off Rowland Way), Sandy Row, south Belfast
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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1989 image of Is É Seo Nuadha Rí Tuatha Dé Danann and Loch gCál together at the top of Springhill Avenue, west Belfast.
See also 1988 image of the pair, with Loch gCál in better condition.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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The cover of Bob Marley’s Uprising album is reproduced (with an additional image of Marley at the top) by Mo Chara Kelly on the wall of his (old) home in Springhill Avenue, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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Both “Yukon St says no” and “Ulster says no” (to the Anglo-Irish Agreement). UDA/UDF graffiti in Yukon Street, Belfast, with a Protestant Boys Flute Band mural featuring the flags of Britain, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
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Copyright © 1989 Alan Gallery, All rights reserved alan@alangallery.com
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“This is Nuada, king of the Tuatha Dé Danann.” The mural is based on the illustrations of Jim Fitzpatrick.
Painted by Mo Chara. The central figure comes from a painting of Jim Fitzpatrick‘s, ‘Nuada Journeys To The Underworld’.
Click here for Nuada And Loughgall together.
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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Here is an image of the Nuada and Loughgall/Loch gCál murals together at the top of Springhill Avenue in west Belfast, painted by Mo Chara and inspired by the work of Jim Fitzpatrick.
For in-progress images see Loch gCál and Is É Seo Nuadha, Rí Tuatha Dé Danann. Also seen a year later, in 1989.
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Copyright © 1988 Peter Moloney
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The crown of the British monarch and the Bible. No 7 of 9 in Percy Place, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1988 Peter Moloney
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Peter Moloney Collection 