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Labhaır An Teanga Ghaeılge Lıom

1996-09-012025-09-30Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Catholic (and Presbyterian) education was prohibited by the penal laws (WP) and particularly the Education Act of 1695 (WP) – this is probably what’s on the notice on the left-hand tree. Schooling by Catholics (in Irish) nonetheless took place, in covert houses and outhouses, as well as in fields and hedge-rows. The Act was repealed in 1782, provided the teacher took an oath of allegiance to the Crown.

The Coming Of Lugh

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The main figure is from Jim Fitzpatrick’s The Coming Of Lugh and the two horsemen on the left are from Lugh The Il-Danna.

For more Jim Fitzpatrick drawings reproduced in murals, see the Visual History page.

The mural was perhaps painted for the Ardoyne Fleadh, and perhaps by Sean Doran, who worked on the Blind Piper in 1994 and produced posters for the Fleadh in 1996, 1997, and 1998.

Ardoyne Avenue, north Belfast

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Copyright © 1996 Paddy Duffy
T00184

Not All Traditions Deserve Respect

1996-08-012025-09-24Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This Falls Road board is a comment on the “traditional routes” taken in Garvaghy (Portadown) and Ormeau (south Belfast) and other small towns (Enniskillen, Dunloy, Castlederg, Ros[s]lea, Keady, and Bellaghy) by the Orange Order – which now pass through CNR areas.

The horse comes from Nuada And Indech At The Second Battle Of Moytura by Jim Fitzpatrick but its rider has been changed from a Celtic warrior to an Orangeman wearing the cloak and hood of the Ku Klux Klan. The landscape is from his The Tuatha Dé Assemble For Battle, with stones turned into skulls. For more on Jim Fitzpatrick’s art in murals, see the Visual History page.

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Copyright © 1996 Paddy Duffy
T00167

Children Of Lear

1996-08-012025-09-23Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

In Irish mythology, the four children of Lear – Aodh, Fıonnghuala, Fıachra, and Conn – were turned into singing swans for 900 years by their step-mother Aoıfe, who is seen on the left riding away from the site of her stepchildrens’ metamorphosis at Loch Daırbhreach (in modern Co. Westmeath). They are then restored to human form by a Christian monk but, being 900 years old, die immediately.

“Lır” (in Irish) is the genitive of (the Irish) “Lear” and the story is often referred to in Irish as “Clann Lır“; neither “Lear” nor “Lır” is pronounced like the English “(King) Lear”.

Crocus Street, west Belfast

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Copyright © 1996 Paddy Duffy
T00166

Gertrude Star Flute Band

1996-01-012025-09-22Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Gertrude Star flute band [Fb], east Belfast, est. 1961.” This mural, created in “1993” (left), is probably being repaired after after being paint-bombed – see the white paint dripping down on the St Andrew’s Saltire. The interior of the “Northern Island” and Spike the bulldog’s badge have yet to be restored. For the mural in full health, see D00394.

Martin Street, east Belfast

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Copyright © 1996 Paddy Duffy
T00149

Emigration

1995-01-012025-09-20Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Irish people climb on-board ship in order to escape the Great Hunger. The mural is based on The Embarkation, Waterloo Docks Liverpool in the Illustrated London News. This is one of about nine murals painted in 1995 on the Great Hunger (Visual History).

Oakman Street, west Belfast

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Copyright © 1995 Paddy Duffy
T00180

Érıu

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“Ardoyne Fleadh Cheoıl – meon an phobaıl a thógáıl tríd an chultúr” = “building community spirit through culture”.

“Eıre [Éire] (Éıru [Érıu]), a queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann, slain at the battle of Taıltean [Taılteann] (Telltown [Teltown], Co. Meath) 1698 BC.” Érıu is placed in a neolithic setting and is releasing a dove which flies off in a trail of stars. (In the repainted version, the date given is 698.)

Brompton Park, Ardoyne, Belfast

Here is the previous Ard Eoın Fleadh Cheoıl mural in this location.

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Copyright © 1995 Paddy Duffy (no date given)
T00157 [T00162]

The Children Of Lear

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In Irish mythology, the children of Lear were turned into singing swans for 900 years by their step-mother Aoıfe. They are then restored to human form but, being 900 years old, die immediately.

Painted at “Cáısc [Easter] 1995” by “Síle-Na-Gıg”.

Rockville Street, west Belfast

Part Of Our Heritage

1995-01-012025-09-20Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Gaelic games – part of our heritage.” Athletes play hurling, football, and camogie and the local GAA club Ardoyne Kickhams (Fb) is celebrated. “Is treıse dúchas ná oılıuınt” means “heritage is stronger than upbringing”. “Fáılte go dtí Ard Eoın” [“Welcome to Ardoyne”] appears in the apex.

Havana way, Ardoyne, north Belfast

The Blind Piper

1994-01-012025-09-18Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The Blind Piper is a painting (original) by Joseph Haverty (WP), here placed in the context of North Belfast’s Cave Hill.

Sponsored by North Belfast Cultural Society (both along the bottom and in the apex).

The signatures in the corners read “Seán Doran ’94” “Paul McCullough”

Brompton Park, Ardoyne, north Belfast