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Welcome To Belfast

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This is the new piece by Leo Boyd (web) for DC Tours, replacing Belfast Romances on Great Victoria Street. It is full of Belfast icons – Titanic, Sammy the seal, Samson & Goliath, Shiela the elephant, the Albert Clock, city hall, the Europa hotel – as well as some familiar Boydisms such as the wind-up police land-rover and the paintbrush cyclist who is responsible for the pink moon and the yellow sun.

Also included is a nearby ‘painthead’ paste-up – see also Do You Own A Giant Building?

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Shore Life

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Here is a survey of some street art in Donaghadee, Co Down (along with Donaghadee Harbour).

The owls, puffins, and bee painted on the electrical boxes on the Parade are by Sharon Regan (ig) who also did a series of windows in Bangor.

Grace Neill’s (web) which claims to be the oldest licensed bar in Ireland, dating back to 1611.

“S McC” and the artist(s) of the other pieces in High Street are unknown, as is the artist of the octopus on the front of The Captain’s Table (Fb).

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The Fire Within

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Work by RAZER (ig) and NOYS (ig) of Peaball (web) at the Bullitt hotel/bar in Belfast city centre. With support from Seedhead Arts (web).

The final image is of a framed piece on the wall below these two, supporting Jameson whiskey’s “black barrel” variety (web).

Also at Bullitt: work by David McMillan in the alley-way and work by Rob Hilken on the Church Lane frontage.

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Greens And Yellows

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These painted dandelions can be found outside the Cedar Tree florist in Ballyclare but their real counterparts can presumably not be found inside: According to Biodiversity Ireland (pdf), the dandelion is found almost everywhere on the island and is a species of “least concern”.

By Imogen Donegan (ig) in Main Street, Ballyclare.

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