An 11-metre-wide set of bouquets spelling out “Belfast” has been installed in front of Belfast City Hall as the initial event of the Belfast One Business Improvement District’s campaign for 2023-2024. The calendar of events can be found here.
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The Seal Folk or Selkies are shape-shifting creatures in island mythologies from Man to Ireland to the Scottish isles to the Faroes to Iceland. Seals in water, they can take off their skins and become (beautiful) humans on land. Without their skins, they cannot return, and so they can be captured by humans who hide their skins. A few tales can be found at Scotland’s Stories.
By KMG (web) in Dublin Road.
April 26th:
April 27th:
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Here is a gallery of the murals and plaques in Clós Ard An Lao/Ardilea Close in the Machaıre Botháın/Marrowbone area of north Belfast. A full repertoire of republican events is commemorated – the United Irishmen, Great Hunger, the Rising, the Troubles, the (modern) hunger strikes. What is most striking is the significant presence of religious icons, such as the Sacred Heart in the glass cases in front of the two main murals (above and last below).
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KVLR (ig) (and PENS?) repainted some of the walls in the courtyard of the Ulster Sports Club (where Ulster Says Yeoo). The FGB piece (in the final image) remains.
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Street art by Voyder (ig) for HTN 2023 in McKibben’s Court, Belfast.
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These are the new pieces for Hit The North 2023 in Kent Street above Union Street, by Rocket1 from Sheffield (ig), DMC (Dermot McConaghy), and ADW (ig) from Dublin, saluting the “Brothers + sisters of the brush”. The TMN writing might pre-date HTN23.
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Flax flowers on the side of by Dutch street artists Studio Giftig (ig) in James’ Street South. Various linen and handkerchief manufacturers have occupied the building during its history.
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This is a gallery of the new Hit The North pieces on Union Street south of Kent Street. There is a separate post for the new pieces on Union Street north of Kent Street.
From north to south (top to bottom in this post) the works are by:
Conor McClure (ig)
All The Doodz (ig)
Wee Nuls (ig)
Glen Molloy x2 (ig)
Hixxy (ig)
Ed Hicks (ig) – on the Sunflower side of the street
Danny Rumbl (ig)
NOL (ig)
Andrey Palval (ig)
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This is a gallery of the new (2023) Hit The North pieces on Union Street north of Kent Street. There is a separate post for the new pieces on Union Street south of Kent Street.
From north to south (top to bottom in this post) the works are by:
Andrey Palval (ig)
Chelsea Frew (ig)
Nean (ig)
NOYS (ig)
Rob Hilken (ig)
RAZER (ig).
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