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A-Z History Of The Shankill Road

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“The new mural [replacing Shankill Rd Supports Drumcree] presents and A-Z of the Shankill, celebrating history and tradition and depicting images of those who have become celebrated far beyond. Artist Lesley Cherry worked with members of the Lower Shankill Community Association to research this digital work which was installed May 2009.”

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Shankill Road Boxing

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A board (designed by Lesley Cherry with young people from the Hammer boxing clud) featuring local boxers Jimmy Warnock, Davy Larmour, and Tommy Armour, replaces the Siege Of Derry mural in the lower Shankill. With support from the Arts Council, Belfast City Council, and Lower Shankill Community Association.

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‘Yes’ To A Better Future

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Tiger’s Bay says “‘No’ to: dealers, riots, violence, drugs, hate.” on the black-and-white left and, on the right, “‘Yes’ to a better future … sport, music, peace, education, culture, community, diversity.” With funding from Groundwork, the European Union, NorthBelfast, Urban [development? regeneration?].

Replaces Loyalist Tigers Bay.

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Lay Them Away On The Hill Side

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“Lay them away on the hill side/along with the brave and the bold/Inscribe their names on the role [sic] of fame/in letters of purest gold.” The Ulster Tower at Thiepval commemorates the WWI dead of the 36th (Ulster) Division. The words, however, come from a song about James Daly, who was executed by firing squad for taking part in a 1920 mutiny of the Connaught Rangers in India in protest of the activities of the Black and Tans. Above is the insignia of “UVF South Belfast 2nd battalion” and below is a roll of honour for the battalion: “A salute to the brave/to those men we hold dear/they fought for our freedom/south Belfast volunteers.” Compare this mural to the previous (Here Lies A Soldier), which does not include any reference to the Great War.

On the side of The Hideout, Pine Street.

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Hunger Strikers

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Hunger strikers of the modern era (including Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan) in Rockmore Road, Belfast. This is the third such gallery of portraits – the first is here; the second can be seen in Google StreetView.

With adjacent vintage “H” nail-up.

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Tour The Murals

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Murals are featured as part of an invitation to explore/taiscéal and take a tour/turas of west Belfast, on the office of Fáılte Feırste Thıar (in its second location: moved from 221 Falls Road to 243 Falls Road – and later again to 217 Falls Road). This BBC article describes a 1999 Fáılte map to help tourists get around.

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Gateway To West Belfast

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The power station below Divis tower, rather than the so-called International Wall a little further up the road, is becoming the starting point for (republican) west Belfast. Visitors from around the world are greeted in a variety of languages. The board is sponsored by Gort Na Móna Historical Society. Above it is a Fáılte Feırste Thıar [Welcome To West Belfast] tarp: “Promoting west Belfast tourism”.

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Portraits Of The Market

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Artist Raymond Henshaw undertook a series of six collages of photographs of the Markets area of south Belfast (in 2008): Social, Bars, Industry, Social History, Sport & Culture, and – shown in today’s post – Portraits of locals, such as snooker player “Joe Swales” (Joe Swail) and familiar buildings, such as Loughran’s Shop. The boards were part of the 2008 re-imaging campaign and sponsored by the Arts Council.

Eliza Street, Markets, south Belfast

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