A few changes have been made to the Sam Rockett mural (compared to the 2023 original): Rockett’s hair has been lightened, the “Prods out” graffiti on the row of burned-out houses has been brightened, a simple “B Company” has replaced the smaller “1st Belfast Brigade, B Company”, and “Murdered by cowards 21.06.79 – 23.08.00” has been added on the left.
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“Break the stigma – be kind to your mind” – mental-health messaging by Pigment Space (ig) on the shutters of the Walk Inn Charity Shop, Holywood Road, east Belfast – next to Forever Changes (Bill Harris hair salon) and The Holywood Arches (Arches café), and across from Be Your Own Kind Of Beautiful (Norah Mitchell flowers).
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Here are only three of many painted utility boxes that have been recently painted as part of the on-going Belfast Canvas project, begun in 2020.
These three pieces are …
‘Hang In There’ by CG Chimp (Chaingun on ig) on the Holywood Road in east Belfast,
‘I (Heart) Pool!’ by PaperSleeve/Niamh McWilliams (web) on Donegall Road in south Belfast,
and an abstract piece by Bláthnaıd Ní hAogáın (ig) in University Square, Belfast city centre.
For about 140 painted boxes, from the Belfast Canvas project and otherwise, see the Visual History page for the boxes.
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“The story starts here.” Fairhill Youth Centre (web) promises “trust, kindness, love”.
Tirkane Road, Maghera
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“Welcome to Maghera”. These images are of the lockdown-era art on the public bathrooms in Maghera, with a variety of mental-health messages: “Don’t pretend. Don’t bottle it up. You are good enough”, “No matter what you do, you will allways [sic] be forgiven”, “Our mind’s our own”, “Mask your face, not your feelings”, “Mental health matters”, “Unlock skills in lockdown”,
St Lurach’s Road, Maghera
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Poet Seamus Heaney grew up in Bellaghy, about seven miles from Maghera where this street-art in the centre of the town (on Walsh’s Hotel) includes lines from his poem ‘Digging’: “Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests. I’ll dig with it.”
The main part of the piece depicts local farmer Jamese McCloy, reproducing a picture taken for Tourism NI’s ‘Embrace a Giant Spirit’ campaign (Derry Now).
Painted by Pigment Space (ig) and YellaG (ig) in 2020.
Coleraine Road, Maghera
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Korda’s famous photograph of the 31-year-old Che Guevara was taken in Havana, Cuba, in 1960, and was turned into the ubiquitous two-tone poster by Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick in 1968. (For a more complete history of both the photo and the print, see the Visual History page on the influence of Jim Fitzpatrick.) This very faithful reproduction of Fitzpatrick’s Che is in Glen Road, Maghera.
“Marcella”, in the bottom right, might be the name of the artists; Bobby Sands used his sister’s name – “Marcella” – to sign the pieces that he wrote for newspapers outside Long Kesh.
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This is (at least) the third different tarp at the entrance to Cluan Place in memory of Ian Ogle, who was killed on the evening of January 27th, 2019. Five people have been found guilty of the murder and officially received their sentences in March; four others have been convicted of lesser charges (BBC | ITv | Belfast Media | Judiciary NI).
The small board “In memory of Ian Ogle” (immediately below) is also a recent addition.
For the previous tarps and background on Ogle’s death, see 2022 (burned), 2022 (unmolested), and 2020.
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Roses on the shutters of Norah Mitchell flowers (web) on the Holywood Road, east Belfast.
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“Don’t go home without your pizza!” – graffiti-art on the side of Little Italy pizza in Belfast city centre.
Keylands Place, Belfast
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