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Stairway To Heaven

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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 Happy Prince

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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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Ballymena And Larne Railway

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“This mosaic depicts the history of the narrow gauge railway from Larne harbour to Ballymena which ran through this site.” The railway from Larne to Ballymena operated from 1878 to 1933 (WP). In Ireland, the narrow gauge railway was 3ft in width (compared with the modern standard of 5′ 3″).

Narrow Gauge Road, Larne.

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Hit The North 2023 – Kent Street South

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Here is a gallery of the new pieces from Hit The North 2023 on the south side of Kent Street (there is a separate post for the north side and there is a separate post for Kent Street above Union Street).

From left to right (top to bottom in this post), the art is by:

Friz (ig)
Annatomix (ig)
Cha Cha (ig)
CYD Noble (ig)
Ali-P (ig)
Kerrie Hannah (ig)
Saul Art (ig)
MWAK (ig)
Carly Wright (ig) + Sam McAleese (ig)
Kilian (ig)
Claire Prouvost (ig)
Holly Peirera (ig)
Myfanwynia (ig)
Leo Boyd (ig)
Novice (ig)
Codo (ig)
Danni Simpson (ig)
Chroma Chameleons (ig) + Sweetheart Streetart (ig)
FGB (ig)
HM Constance (ig)

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Horsey Hill

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The Lagan river between Belfast and Lisburn was made navigable in 1763 after seven years of work. The remaining distance between there and Lough Neagh (and the coalfields of east Tyrone, which were connected to Lough Neagh and then Portadown and Newry) required a canal, which finally opened on January 1st, 1794. The were 27 locks on the route between Belfast and the lough, and horses walking on the tow-parth would pull the barges up river (WP | Lagan Valley | Lagan Navigation has photographs of horses at work). Horsey Hill was perhaps the site of stables in south Belfast; it is now the name of the alley that continues on towards the river from the Ukraine sunflower mural off Harrow Street in the Holylands.

Forward South Partnership/Connor McKernan’s video about the history of the Holylands, including Horsey Hill, can be seen on youtube.

Painted by Daniela Balmaverde (ig) and DMC. At the bottom of Horsey Hill, along the embankment, are Animals Two By Two.

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