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We Can Turn This Place Around

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Here is a small gallery of images from the Redmanville and Corcrain estates in Portadown, specifically Westland Road and the bonfire site. To the trio of boards at the site (seen previously in January, 2026) has been added the board shown above: “In loving memory – from the fathers that shaped it to the son’s [sic] who continue it. It’s our year, every year.” The bonfire, which is lit on the 10th (of July) has its own Facebook page.

Elsewhere in the estates: An elderly woman is drawn spraying graffiti that reads “They’re ashamed of our youth … and that’s the truth” along with “Never give up, never back down. We can turn this place around!”, and an anti-immigrant placard, the same as the one recorded in January.

Westland Road, Corcrain/Redmanville, Portadown

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A World-Wide Culture

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The walkway along the Six Mile Water below Main Street, Ballyclare, has been painted with biblical quotations which are transcribed below, replacing the inspirational messages seen in 2025’s Let Your Light Shine. There is also a comment suggesting that the religious art is a form of re-imaging or beautification (see Visual History 11): “Graffiti is a world-wide culture – please stop covering our culture”.

“I lift my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and Earth. – Psalm 121”
“We love because he first loved us – 1 John 4:19”
“Praise the Lord, proclaim his name, make known what he has done. – Isaiah 12:4”
“How wide, how long, how high, how deep is the love of Christ! – Ephesians 3:12”
“Greater Ballyclare Youth For Christ [Fb]”

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Girls Just Wanna Walk Home

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This new wall-painting in Bangor encourages people to “end violence against women and girls”. It was painted by local artist Friz (web) in collaboration with young women from North Down YMCA’s “Flip The Script” programme (Belfast Live) and officially launched on August 25th (Ards & North Down).

For the Liam Neeson art on the right-hand side of the wide shot, see A Very Particular Set Of Skills.

See also: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun…damental Rights.

Hamilton Road, Bangor

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Caoımhín Adams

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On the third anniversary of his death in in July 2023, a mural has been painted to commemorate Caoımhín Adams in his native Bawnmore (Belfast Media | Belfast Live). Adams died at age eight, shortly after being diagnosed with ROHHAD (rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysregulation, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation), a syndrome without any cure and fatal in more than 50% of cases (WP).

By Visual Waste (web) in Bawnmore Drive, Newtownabbey.

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Forest School

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Rathcoole Primary School & Nursery Unit, in Newtownabbey, is a “forest” school (web), meaning that children have regular sessions in woodland or a natural environment (pdf). When not in nature, students at the Nursery Unit – home to hedgehog and squirrel class (RPS&NU) – can be reminded of the outdoors every time they pass by this new mural on the school wall, painted by Visual Waste (web).

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Inpouring

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This giant arrow – painted by Rob Hilken (web) in Ann Street – points the way to Riddel’s warehouse (web), which is now an events space (and which until July 5th was home to the Outpouring exhibition featuring a large piece by Joe Caslin). The warehouse will be open for a “dramatised tour” featuring Bright Umbrella theatre company, on September 12th and 13th during the European Heritage Open Days (Riddel’s).

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Say Goodbye To Bombs And Bullets

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Lyra McKee was shot and killed in April 2019 while observing a riot in Creggan, Derry (BBC). A tribute in Belfast city centre was painted by Emmalene Blake during Hit The North (in May). The piece survived fairly well for a few years (here is a 2022 image) before being repainted with a flat blue background in 2025, which in turn had to be repainted in 2026 (for before and after images see 2026). People have taken to placing stickers with positive messages on top of the graffiti that immediately began to accumulate, such as “You did so well today”, “Fuck being average”, and “Never lose your sparkle”.

repainted during this year’s (2026) Hit The North.

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You Are Not Alone

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Street artist emic (web) visited Titanic Men’s Club (Fb) in 2024 to give an indoor tutorial on painting art on walls and the group moved outdoors in 2025 to paint this mental-health message on the wall of the Connswater Community Centre.

The group also has a large board on the Greenway – see This Is the Crew.

For the NHS board, see The Glorious Dead. For the Somme board, see The Shipyard.

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