16 leaders and 70 others who were “killed whilst fighting” in the Rising during Easter Week 1916.
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Disobedience Is Man’s Original Virtue
“White lives matter!!!” Graffiti in racial (rather than nationality or class) terms, in the shadow of Teach Fhinn, New Lodge.
Update: Replaced with “BLM” (tw).
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I’ll Come Back Another Day And Do No Wrong
Being a human is hard and being a good human is harder. But art (specifically the Queens Of The Stone Age ‘God Is In The Radio’) gives us the inspiration to keep coming back for another try. Graffiti on a McHugh’s poster in the New Lodge.
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When You Enter This Loving School
“Welcome: When you Enter this Loving school Consider yourself One of the special Members of an Extraordinary family”. Two images from St Patrick’s primary on the edge of the New Lodge. The “Hail Mary’ is written in Irish
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Politics & Prayer
The New Lodge grotto in honour of Mary, adjacent to various murals in support of republican POWs, has been repainted (see previously) with images of the Immaculate Heart Of Mary, Our Lady Of Fatima, and the trio above, showing St. Joseph the carpenter, Mary, and St Patrick(?).
St Thérèse is the figure next to “New” in “New Lodge Grotto” and Our Lady Of Medjugorje is on the right.
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Something Old, Something New, Something Red, White And Blue
Above is one of the few remaining houses in the old style in Tiger’s Bay. This is one of three on Mervue Street, which back onto a row of six in Mervue Court; there also is a row of six on Halliday’s Road which survived the rebuilding there – for images of loyal drawings in the boarded up houses that were replaced, see The Queen In Tiger’s Bay. Below, however, is an image of the freshly-repainted kerbstones just above the house, at the junction of Mervue and Edlingham streets.
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Brexit Loyalists
“Loyal” and “Brexit” boards on lamp-poles and walls in Tiger’s Bay. If you know when they were put up (or any other information), please comment or get in touch. The final “Brexit” is on the same pole as was Hand-Crafted.
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The New Normal
“Community warning. This area is being monitored for antisocial behaviour. Your behaviour has consquences. Think of your community. Don’t do anything you might later regret. This sign was amended by Lasaır Dhearg [web] as part of our campaign against imperialism and PSNI normalisation.” The substitute version is from the Fall Road, the original (below) is from Ballysillan Road.
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Gloria Ab Intus
The funeral of 14 year-old teenager and St Malachy’s College student Noah Donohoe takes place today (Wednesday July 1st). His body was found in a north Belfast storm drain on Saturday, 6 days after he left his south Belfast home and was seen cycling in the York Road area. His disappearance sparked a massive search aided by the volunteers from the public and confirmation of his death was marked by vigils at Grove Park and St Malachy’s (Belfast) and in Strabane (Irish Times). The floral tributes shown here are on the gates of St Malachy’s which his cortège will pass after the service. The College posted a glowing tribute to Noah on its instagram page.
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Leave Our Kids Alone
“Parasite drug dealers – leave our kids alone”. Saoradh (web | Fb) has a new board on Ardoyne Avenue, Belfast, trying to combat drug dealing in north Belfast (A list of alleged dealers was distributed last July (BelTel) | arrests for dealing cocaine were made in 2019-10 (BelTel) and 2020-02 (BelfastLive).
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