This is a freshly-repainted sign for “South Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force, 2nd battalion, A company Donegall Pass” on the back wall of the Hideout bar. The previous version was painted c. 2005.
Also included is a small board added next to the Defenders flute band board across the street, which presents the words of McCrea’s poem In Flanders Fields.
Pine Street, Donegall Pass, south Belfast
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Belfast was designated a UNESCO “city of music” four years ago, in November, 2021. To mark the anniversary, Friz (web) and NRMN (ig) have painted this large piece of street-art in the guise of a VU indicator (with seven segments, nine levels, four colours). The city’s efforts to encourage music are outlined in the ‘Music Matters’ plan.
The other pieces in the wide shot can be seen in (l-r) Broken Promises, Glide, neo-pop face by Bust, Beastie Boys, Andrew Weatherall, two from the Subset collective, one of two faces from Woskerski.
on the side of the Telegraph offices in Donegall Street
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Here are pieces by Keyto (ig) and (another piece) by Critter (ig) on the legal wall in Little Patrick Street, Belfast city centre.
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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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The Society Of United Irishmen – who hoped for French support for a rebellion in Ireland – could not meet openly while France and Britain were at war. In Belfast, meetings were held at Dr [Benjamin] Franklin’s tavern in Sugarhouse Entry, also called “Peggy Barclay’s” after its owner, under the guise of a social group called the Muddlers’ Club.
There is today a restaurant called The Muddlers’ Club, named after the society, in Warehouse Lane. The piece above shows a skull, a scythe, a pair of wings, and the Square & Compasses of the Freemasons (with a “G” for “God” or “geometry”). The second piece includes a skull, an eight-pointed star/compass, and an Eye Of Horus (familiar from Freemasons, the 1 dollar bill in US currency, and the Illuminati).
The piece on the left was painted by Visual Waste (web) in June, 2017; the one on the right was added later.
Two earlier pieces with similar imagery on the other side of the entry disappeared with the wall they were painted on: see God Approves Our Undertakings and The Wider Conspiracy.
See also the Visual History page on the Belfast Entries.
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“Discover.” Here is Rob Hilken (ig) at work on the York Road wall of Cityside, with a series of circles perhaps inspired by the giant ball-pit in Funky Monkeys (web). The in-progress shots are from November 5th and 8th.
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Palestinian flags fly around the 1916 Easter Rising centenary board in Taghnevan Drive, Lurgan, seen previously in 2024.
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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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“Forward together. 5 steps to wellbeing: Give, take notice, be active, keep learning, connect.” These murals are in the northern stands at Clann Éıreann CLG (web) in Kilwilkie, Lurgan. The club also has handball facilities, a youth club, and a social club on Lake Street.
Deramore Drive, Lurgan
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These paintings are in the Meadowbrook estate in Tullygally, Lurgan, painted by local children with support from Drumgor Detached Youth Work Project (DDYWP) (ig) (Community Facebook page).
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