According to the Lough Neagh fisheries collective, about 400 tonnes of eel are taken annually from the lake (Fisheries Collective | also Fb | see also DAERA 2022 management plan). If eel is not your idea of dinner, the Fisheries Visitor Centre in Toomebridge might convince you otherwise.
This new painting is by emic (web) on Main Street, Toome.
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“In proud [and] loving memory of our fallen comrades during Ulster’s conflict. ‘Some gave all, all gave some.’ South Belfast Brigade.” According to Sutton, 91 UDA members died during the Troubles (CAIN).
The text on the side-wall reads, “Death is not an honour but a sacrifice and those who gave that sacrifice are remembered by those that followed. Quis separabit.”
Replacing the mural of a UDA barricade.
Rockview Street, Village, south Belfast.
September 1st:
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Cherry blossoms growing out of wheelie-bins by emic (web) on the side of Fuel coffee on the Lisburn Road.
Osborne Park, south Belfast
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This painting of a person finding help in a book about how to find help within is by Friz (web) on the side of the Windsor Pharmacy, at the junction of Lisburn Road and Windsor Road, south Belfast.
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Youth follows age and west (Belfast) looks towards east in these black-and-white combinations of portraits and maps by emic (web) on the side of Belfast Woodfired Pizza in Lislea Drive, south Belfast (which does not appear in the maps).
With support from the Lisburn Road Business Association.
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This post updates an entry from January last year (2023) (Remembered As Of Yesterday) which showed the vandalised mural to the Tullycarnet flute band. It went for at least a year without being repaired but has now been repainted with a new central image showing instruments in three panels.
Melfort Drive/Lochinver Drive, Tullycarnet, Dundonald.
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Local landmarks from Larne and the Antrim coast on the end of Curran Court Hotel (web) between Redlands Road and Harbour Highway.
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The Auld Meetin’-Hoose Green was an 1898 collection of tales from Ballyclare and surroundings as retold by by Archibald McIlroy, who grew up in the area before moving to Belfast, Drumbo, and Canada. McIlroy died travelling on the Lusitania, when it was hit by a German submarine in 1915 (Ulster Biography | Ulster Biography). The stories have been brought to life in a podcast.
This new street art is by Zippy (ig) in Main Street, Ballyclare.
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Hazelbank (House) was blown up by the IRA in the 1970s (The Burn) and Macedon (House) was demolished after being closed in 1981 – their grounds became Hazelbank Park (History Hub Fb). The towers on the promenade by the shore provide a backdrop for this Lidia Cao (ig) street art on the Shore Road.
With Daisy Chain (web) and A&N borough council (web).
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