Belfast city centre

Our Ma Says

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“Ourma says if you stick t’herown diet of landandairy prod you’ll be firmanna an’trim down” – a saying in which the names of all six Northern Irish counties are (phonetically) included. Above it are a variety of vintage advertisements from the late 1800s and early 1900s: Mew’s brewery (Isle of Wight), Lloyd & Yorath’s stout (Newport, Wales), Hall’s paints (Hull), Batey’s ginger beer (London), Campbell & Menzies’s shipments of Oporto wines, Gilbey’s wines, Gold Flake tobacco (in both English and Irish: Sásuíonn sıad!).

For images of the piece being produced (and in its original location), see Ciaran Gallagher’s web site. For the pieces just visible below, see Conflict Tourism and Game Of Throats.

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X04131  Alderman James McKinney, high sheriff of Belfast in 1930 gerry fitt

So Long And Thanks For All The Fun

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Three memorials to “Hutchy 1985-2017” in Belfast city centre. The first in North Street replacing the recent Young Peacebuilders mural, the second and third in Garfield Street, as part of an ANOC tag (over the other Gonzales piece, FEEL) and over MarcaMix’s CNB15 piece.

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X04115 X04128 X04116 TMN rest in peace cisto anco nota neuf bore blf mash casp reck

The One Ronnie

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We went to get images of Glen Molloy’s (ig) new ‘Two Ronnies’ mural in Gresham Street, but it was already being painted over by members of the TMN krew – CASP, ANCO, MASH, ROTER. The one Ronnie above was snapped before the transformation was complete.

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X04114 X04113 X04117 X04118 X04119 king evoke