This is a repainted version of the mural in the Bogside to the victims of Bloody, now with a purple background and white oak leaves. The Christian cross in the centre was absent from the original version of the mural, and added to the version painted in 2005.
The mural is part of the Bogside Gallery (Visual History), painted by the Bogside Artists.
Westland Street, Bogside, Derry
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“Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?” When she left Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, on the evening of May 20th, 1932, Amelia Earhart’s intended destination for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight by a woman was Paris, France, but after various mechanical difficulties she landed instead in Ballyarnett, just outside Derry. For the 90th anniversary of her history-making flight, the artwork above was created by Joe Campbell (web), commissioned “by Community Restorative Justice in partnership with Derry & Strabane Distict Council’s Good Relations Programme and with the assistance of Greater Shantallow Community Arts.”
For the mosaic already mounted in 2010, see Flying Solo.
Fairview Walk, Derry.
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The city of (London)Derry takes its named from the Irish word “doire” meaning “oak wood” (and generically a “grove”) and the oak leaf is often used as a symbol of the city (here are 11 murals with oak leaves from the Peter Moloney Collection – Murals). In the mural above, in addition to the three leaves on the right-hand side, we also have some acorns.
The moniker “maiden city” is derived from the city’s resistance to sieges throughout its history, most famously in 1689 (again – a variety of images from Peter Moloney). The walls of the old city are shown above the river Foyle, with landmark buildings such as the Peace Bridge (see Waterside, Cityside, Quayside) behind them.
Graffiti-art by Inkie (ig) in Carlisle Road, Derry. The second piece, which shows two hands planting seeds in the ground (artist unknown) is at Butcher Gate.
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“A wee bird told me … age is only a number.” This mural wasa painted by UV Arts in Distillery Close, Londonderry, across the street from – and based on the memories of residents of – Malvern House, the Older People North West’s Centre (Fb) (Derry Now).
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Lahinch street artist SUFEK brings a puffin from the west coast to Derry for the “Roots Street Art” festival (Derry Journal) in 2021.
Previously by SUFEK in Belfast: Beachcombing. Also, a puffin in Larne.
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Jesus, I Trust In You, also known as the Divine Mercy, is associated with Sr. Maria Faustina Kowalska – see previously What We Knead | This Image Is Blessed). This mural was painted in 1991 (or before) – see M00990 for a photo from that year – and was repainted in 2018 (Derry Journal).
It is one of only two straightforwardly religious murals currently extant – the other is the Medjugorje mural in Ardoyne, Belfast, which was originally painted in 1986/1987 along with a dozen other religious murals.
(There were murals in 1981 with religious themes but aimed at supporting the hunger strikers – see the Visual History page on Sheppard’s Cú Chulaınn.) And Padre Pio was painted in Ballymurphy; a Sacred Heart statue is used to memorialise people in the Bone (and Jesus was tagged in east Belfast).
Moss Park, Galliagh, Derry
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Operation Motorman and The Runner – two of the murals in The People’s Gallery by the Bogside Artists, at the junction of Rossville Street and Fahan Street in the Bogside, Derry.
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For a second time during the summer artists from Peaball (ig) (and local youths) took to the long Lecky Road wall in the Brandywell. The July work (“Brandywell” in red and white lettering) can be seen in Believe In Your Dreams. Today’s post shows the word-cloud done in August.
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“Here” is Top Of The Hill, and “up here” refers to the elevated position of the community, 75 metres above the Foyle (topo map). You can get to TOTH by road or by sailing in a boat under a patchwork balloon. Art by Gorbals in Trench Road, Derry.
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Here’s Space Lizard by Mark Bodé and (Dave) Bonzai, part of the Release The Pressure street art festival in London-/Derry on July 25th and 26th, 2015.
Strand Road, Derry
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