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S Company, C Company

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Joe Coggle and Paul McClelland were arrested as they sat with weapons in a car on the Falls Road in 1991; they were jailed for 18 years (Independent) but released under the Agreement. The Sunday World also report that the pair were involved in the killing of David Braniff in 1989. Both UVF men are said to be deceased; Coggle died in September.

Coggle had previously served 18 months for running over and killing Elizabeth Masterson in Beechmount in 1986 and her descendants objected to the mural (Irish News | BBC).

S Company was a predecessor to C Company; it existed from 1969 to 1974, when C Company was formed (see M08105 for an older S Coy – C Coy mural in Ballygomartin). A previous UVF uzi can be seen in M01186.

For the mural of five volunteers to the right (in the wide shot), see C Coy Street.

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Donegall Street Street Art

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Here are five in a row on Donegall Street, in Belfast city centre, plus one from the other side of the street. Above is a 2018 piece by Alice Pasquini called ‘Glide’. The others are by …
Bust (2022)
Glen Molloy (2017)
Glen Molloy (2020?)
Lobster Robin (2022)
StarFighterA (2015)

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Conflict

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Work by Spanish artist Sabek in Belfast city centre for Culture Night/Hit The North 2016.

For CNB15 he painted a spear and a snake. The piece is in Talbot Street next to Dan Kitchener’s Blurry Eyed.

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Blurry Eyed

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Street art by English artist Dan Kitchener for CNB16. Streets are already blurry at night in the rain, but the title perhaps come from the fact that Dan started the mural at night right after flying in from London.

The piece is in Talbot Street next to Sabek’s Conflict.

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Respect

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On the left, singer Aretha Franklin is quoted as saying, “We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.”

Before he died (in 2005), Belfast-born soccer-player George Best (on the right) asked that people “remember me for my football” and the phrase became the title of a Best retrospective.

Glen Molly (ig) street art in Hill Street.

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Still Waters

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Manchester’s Nomad Clan were in town for CNB17/HTN17 and painted the large wall outside the Dirty Onion in Hill Street, punning on local shipbuilders Harland & Wolff. There’s some video of the piece in progress in this CNN profile.

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North Street Street Art

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Here is a small gallery of street art in North Street (below Royal Avenue). Above is emic (2018). Below are …
Glen Molloy (2021)
Friz + Dan Leo (2013)
JMK (2014)

Empezando Con La Magia

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As part of Culture Night 2018 two Colombian artists were in Belfast to paint street art. This inter-species piece is by Sancho (Fb | ig) in Gresham Street, Belfast.