This is an extra-large (two-storey) wall-painting by Alexandra Demian (Fb | Seedhead) at the entrance to Erneside shopping centre in Enniskillen. She will be painting at this year’s (2025) Hit The North (line-up) in Belfast in early May.
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Here are three pieces from the Drumcor Hill area of Enniskillen.
Above, “Enniskillen remembers the hunger strikers” – for the fortieth anniversary of the 1981 strike, against a background of sunburst and starry plough, in Loughview Drive.
Below, the emblem of Gaeıl Inıs Ceıthleann/Enniskillen Gaels (web) on the wall outside their home field of Brewster Park.
Finally, a memorial stone to Bobby Sands in Erne Drive. The inscription on the stone reads, “‘Is naofa ıad sıud sa fhulaıngíonn ocras ar son na córa.’ [= Holy are those who suffer hunger for the sake of justice/”Blessed are those who hunger for justice”] I ndíl [ndıl] chuımnhe ar Óglach Bobby Sands, feısıre [= M.P.] Fhearmanach-Thír Eoghaın Theas, a d’éag 5 Bealtaıne 1981 ın aoıs 27 ı ndıaıdh 66 lá ar staıle [staılc] ocraıs ar son stádas polaıtıúıl a chomhchımí agus saoırse na hÉıreann. I measc laochra na nGael go raıbh a anam uasal. ‘Is í gáıre ár bpáıstí an díoltas a bheas agaınn'”
For an alternative translation of Sands’s quote “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children”, see The Spirit Of Freedom in the Peter Moloney collection.
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The Cuilcagh Boardwalk is a 2.8-mile trail that ends in stairs that climb to the top of Cuilcagh Mountain [Binn Chuilceach, chalky mountain] and the views it offers of the surrounding territory – hence the name “Stairway To Heaven”. The distance from boggy plain to chalky pinnacle is 700m – and eight million years of geological history (Cuilcagh Geopark). Then you walk back the same way (Walk NI).
Work by Friz (ig) in Wickham Place, Enniskillen, at the Belmore motel.
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The troll under the East Bridge in Enniskillen is friendly, offering a flower to the sprites doing “The Dance” (the official name of the piece) to the music of a satyr. Mural by Kevin McHugh (ig).
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Fiddler John McManus (who died in 1987 – Fermanagh Herald) and other musicians – by Kevin McHugh (ig) on the wall of Pat’s bar in the Diamond, Enniskillen, where there’s a session each Friday at 7 (Fb).
Belfast Live report on the painting of the mural.
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AC-12 is based in the West Midlands of England but headed by former RUC-man Ted Hastings, who is famous for his Northern Irishisms, including “Now we’re suckin’ diesel”. (For “I didn’t float up the Lagan in a bubble”, see Mother Of God.) The Line Of Duty character is played by local Enniskillen actor Adrian Dunbar.
By Karl Fenton and Danni Simpson in Church Lane, Enniskillen.
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“High above the city on a tall column stood the statue of the happy prince.” These are the opening words of Oscar Wilde’s short story ‘The Happy Prince’, first published in 1888 which describes the selfless acts of a statue and a swallow. This mural by Karl Fenton (ig) and Jordan Shaw (ig) in Water Street was designed to fit with the “Flight Of The Little Golden Swallow” walking trail (Experience Enniskillen | Fermanagh Lakelands) in Enniskillen (Impartial Reporter).
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