HTN 2026 – Kent Street (Below Union) (West)

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Here is a gallery of the street art painted for Hit The North 2026 on the west (hoarding) side of Kent Street, south of Union Street. (There is also a brick wall on street art and writing on the east side of the street.)

The tribute to Lyra McKee, which was originally painted in 2019 and repainted with a blue background in 2025 (both by ESTR), has been repaired with a solid black .

The other pieces are by Ana Fish (web), Klo Wi (ig), Kevin McHugh (web) (the face is Petesy Burns), ChainGun (ig) (on the fence), Laidback (ig), Katriona Sweeney (web), Cosmic Maggot (ig), DIRE (ig), Critter (ig), Féoıl (ig), and Glen Molloy (ig).

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HTN 2026 – Union Street (South Of Kent)

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Here is a gallery of art in Union Street, south of Kent Street, produced for Hit The North 2026. From top to bottom on this page we see work by El Rughi from Puglia (ig) next to the Sunflower and (on the south side of the street) by Danni Simpson (web), Wee Nuls (web), Kerrie Hanna (web), Leo Boyd (web), Bláthnaıd Ní hAogáın (ig), Keyto (ig), K9 (ig), REAL1 (ig) + SKOPE (ig). The final piece, on shutters, is by Hysterious (ig); further towards North Street there is a pair of small pieces by headliner Silver Formz.

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HTN 2026 – Kent Street (Above Union)

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This is a gallery of the street-art and writing in the upper part of Kent Street (above Union Street) that was added during Hit The North 2026. There are new pieces by Chippy (ig), Koof (ig), and Hush (ig); the writing immediately below was not painted for HTN 2026 but is different from what was seen in 2025); the piece in the doorway might be by Felipe Risada (ig) and also not for HTN.

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More Like Living In Revelations Than In England

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Phlegm (ig) – a Sheffield-based engraver and artist – was in town for Hit The North 2026 and painted this large piece in Corporation Street of spindly creatures teetering on the backs of the dead as they war with each other.

The in-progress images are from May 4th and 2nd.

May 4th

May 2nd

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Sorry It Was All For Nothing

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“Sorry it was all for nothing – It’s on each and every one of us to save what our forefathers fought and died for.”

According to this Facebook post, the perceived threat being warned against here is “Communistic Islamification”. The “Islamification” is represented by a partial flag of Pakistan (an Islamic republic) being carried by yelling Caucasian figures in long black robes, advancing through a graveyard, in which an elderly man – perhaps King Charles – kneels in front of a headstone bearing a red Christian cross. That the cemetery is a military one is indicated by the medals on the mourner’s chest and the line from Binyon’s ‘For The Fallen’, which provides a referent for the apology and the word “forefathers”.

How the “communistic” threat is conveyed is less clear.

Two men were cautioned by the police for displaying offensive material (Sunday Life). The Cloughfern Young Conquerors declined to play at the launch and family fun-day (Sunday Life), but the event went ahead (on May 8th) (youtube). Additional changes were made to the site in the days prior to the launch; see What Our Forefathers Fought And Died For.

Doagh Road, Cloughfern, Newtownabbey

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Alternative Ulster

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There is a ‘blue plaque’ outside the Trident bar in Bangor’s High Street, to commemorate its role in the punk movement of the late 1970s (BBC | Guardian). The bands listed on this painted electrical box are Ruefrex (web), Stiff Little Fingers (web), Rudi (Something Hard), The Doubt (Irish Rock), The Androids (Spit), The Outcasts (Faster & Louder).

The bar is referenced in the SLF song “Alternative Ulster” (lyrics). Despite the claim that “there’s nothing for us in Belfast”, there is a plaque remembering the punk scene outside the Harp Bar – see Belfast Has The Reason.

By Cha Cha (ig), one building up from the Trident (Wolsey’s), High Street, Bangor

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