This memorial for Glen “Spacer” Branagh, launched on the twentieth anniversary of his death in 2021, is at the junction of Canning Street and Orchard Street, north Belfast.
For information and the earlier plaque on N Queen St, see Forever Young.
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“Titanic Gentlemen’s Club [Fb], every Wednesday 6pm – 8pm, Connswater Community Centre. Make mental health great again. Every man has an engine room – you don’t have to maintain it alone. Let’s break the silence and support men’s mental health.”
The green ribbon is the symbol of the campaign to release political prisoners, and “Make ___ great again” is the form of the slogan of the MAGA movement in the United States.
The board was officially launched July 9th (Fb) in Severn Street, east Belfast.
“”BreaktheStigma” for the men who rise, together: We are the voices once held back,/Taught to smile through every crack./But now we speak, we face the fight,/Together stepping into the light.//This is Break the Stigma, strong and true,/A brotherhood of me and you./Men alike, from every road,/Each carrying a silent load.//No shame in tears, no guilt in pain,/No more hiding hurt in vain./We rise as one, we make it known-/You don’t have to walk alone.//We’re not defined by past or scar,/By what we’ve lost or who we are./We’re here to talk, to heal, to grow,/To lift each other from below.//So here we stand, hearts open wide,/With honesty we will not hide./For every man who needs a sign-/Break the Stigma holds the line.”
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The seventh anniversary of the murder of Ian Ogle is approaching: “Big O” was killed on the evening of January 27th, 2019. Five people received sentences in March 2025, having been found guilty of murder – see In Memory Of Ian Ogle.
Also included is a small memorial plaque to British forces, which seems to have been generated by AI.
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These flags – one to the Ulster YCV (14th RIR) and two to the Blues And Royals flute band, Sydenham (Fb) – are on the fence below the Northern Ireland Centenary board in Mersey Street, at the junction of Parkgate Drive in east Belfast.
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This mural in the lower Falls celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Frank Gillen Centre (Fb) and the 70th anniversary of Immaculata FC (Fb). The figure on the right is Cliftonville player Liam Boyce who grew up in the area and played for Immaculata as a youth. The team’s logo appears to the right of Boyce’s outstretched hand. (If you know the local player on the left, please leave a comment or send an e-mail.)
The piece was painted by Mickey Doherty and Lucas Quigley.
Albert Street, lower Falls, west Belfast
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Gort Na Móna CLG was founded in 1974, developing out of the old Gort Na Móna secondary (before it became part of Corpus Christi). NVTv produced a programme to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary (youtube). These painted junction boxes are on Monagh Road and the Springfield Road.
See also Lóıste Na Móna | Ag Croí An Phobaıl | Gort Na Móna.
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This is a painted tribute to Jim McKee, who was known as “Mr Immaculata” for his long-time support of Immaculata FC (Fb). McKee died in August when he was hit by a car near the Grosvenor community centre (BBC).
See also: Come On, The Mac, which is a stone’s throw further down Albert Street.
Servia Street, lower Falls, west Belfast
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A long wall along Duncrue Street has been painted with five pieces – two by Karl Fenz (web), two by Danni Simpson (web), one by HMC (web) – with design-work – presumably by Rob Hilken (web) – between the representational pieces. The photographs below span a month, as the artists painted at different times in late 2025 and generally had to contend with poor winter weather.
While HMC features a kingfisher, the others make reference to the shipping industry and the harbour as a gateway to the world. Above and immediately below: a vintage dock-worker is seen through a port-hole gazing pensively over one of the H&W gantry cranes and a ship in Belfast harbour. In the other Fenz piece, a crane can be seen in the reflection of the glasses of a visitor to the Titanic Quarter. The one work by Simpson features a cruise-ship (perhaps the Odyssey that was stuck in Belfast for four months – AP), and the compass and globe in the other piece suggest that Belfast is a gateway to the wider world.
October 31st:
December 21st:
December 21st:
November 30th:
November 16th – cartoon over the doodle-grid:
October 31st:
November 30th:
October 31st – blacking and cartoon on top of the doodle-grid:
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Printed panels illustrating the engagements of the British Army in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been added to the three stones (seen in Continuing Conflicts) that marked the World Wars and “continuing conflicts”. The conflicts depicted are the Great War 1914-1918, Second World War 1939-1945 (with individual photos of James Magennis and Blair Mayne, Korean War 1950-1953, Northern Ireland 1969-2007, Falklands War 1982 (the photo on the right is of troops “yomping”), Iraq 2003-2011, Afghanistan 2001-2023.
City Way, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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“Bridging divides”, “30 years of Forthspring”, “Communities of strength”. Forthspring is a cross-community group providing programming to residents of the CNR upper Springfield and PUL Woodvale areas. On its ‘about’ page, the organisation claims 1996 is the year of its founding, so this array of boards might be in anticipation of next year (2026).
Also included are some of the older pieces on the panels at the front of the Springwell House. “Stand here and think about someone you love”, “Dance here and make a new friend”, “Youth Matters Project – believe you can”.
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