VC (Victoria Cross) recipient James Magennis was the only person from Northern Ireland awarded the VC for action during WWII (WP). Although the mural is in loyalist Tullycarnet, Magennis was a Catholic, born in west Belfast, though he lived for a time in Castlereagh.
The mural takes the place of an Eddie The Trooper mural (see Eddie’s Visual History page). There is a large memorial to Magennis in the grounds of Belfast City Hall.
Painted by Kenny Blair and produced with help from the Tullycarnet Action Group Initiative Trust (TAGIT).
King’s Road, Tullycarnet, Dundonald
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