“God bless Queen Elizabeth II”, “God save the King” (2022), “Thank you NHS” (2020/2021) on an electrical sub-station in Ransevyn Drive, Whitehead.
h/t Alain Miossec
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The Morning Star (web) is a bar in Pottinger’s Entry that dates back – as a coach halt – all the way to 1810. (For a full history, see Lord Belmont.) This new mural, by Graffic Belfast (ig), features Guinness toucans flying over a variety of local landmarks.
See also: the Visual History page on the Belfast Entries.
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These are images of the sub-station at the green in the middle of Drumbeg. Above are children bearing messages of “happiness” and peace (a second trio of children on the right-hand side of the image above has been blotted out by a large pink splotch). The plaque in the top right reads, “A Shared Space & Services Re-Imaging Project supported by the European Union’s Peace IV Programme”.
On the other walls are a goal with points for hitting different spots, the “Drumbeg Omniplex” with “movie coming soon”, and two pairs of Irish dancers on either side of a reflective panel that has now disappeared.
Drumbeg, Lurgan
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“You, there! Give me the sandwich. And the crisps, too.” A signal box on the Belmont Road, painted by RickyDrewAPiccy (Fb).
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Style icon Audrey Hepburn on the shuttered door of Serenity Nails & Beauty (Fb), reproducing an image from the 1961 film, Breakfast At Tiffany’s.
Newtownards Road, east Belfast
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Culture Night Belfast returned after a three-year hiatus and included a paint-jam in three locations: on a hoarding in Garfield Street (this page), on junction boxes (and one doorway) in Royal Avenue, and on shutters (and one junction box) in North Street.
From top to bottom (left to right on the street), the work is be Codo (ig), Féoıl (ig), Imogen Donegan (ig) / Conor McClure (ig), Wee Nuls (web) (painting DJTimeOfTheMonth (ig)), emic (web), and Zippy (web).
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“In our community no one walks in the darkness alone.” West Wellbeing (web) offers counselling and suicide-prevention services from its offices in the Dairyfarm centre on the Stewartstown Road. This new mural – by Glen Molly (ig) – is a little further along the road, just past Bell Steel Road.
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“We stand with Lıam Óg”, that is Lıam Óg Ó hAnnaıdh (on the left of the image above), a.k.a. Mo Chara, a member of the rap group Kneecap who appeared in court (in London) on Wednesday August 20th on “terrorism” charges and was bailed for a further month while the judge rules on a technical issue about whether the trial can go forward (BBC). (See previously The Magic Within and Seasaımıd Le Kneecap.)
The night before (the 19th) this board featuring images of the band-members and the band in its early days was unveiled on the Whiterock Road. (Video of the launch can be found on the Glór Na Móna instagram account.)
In the background is a Palestinian flag and “Saoırse don Phalaıstín” [Freedom for Palestine] is written along the bottom.
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Ballycopeland windmill, about a mile from Millisle, was built around 1790 (Geograph) and has been restored and expanded with an interpretative centre; the centre and first floor of the mill are open to the public (Discover NI).
These paintings of the windmill and of a robin and bee are by Alexandra (ig) on two derelict buildings on Main Street, Millisle.
Millisle was the birthplace of Amy Carmichael – see Come In Your Working Clothes.
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