Belfast north – Page 33 – Seosamh Mac Coille Collection

Equality Can’t Wait

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A shortage in low-income housing is highlighted in the #buildhomesnow campaign which has put up lots of small boards (such as the one in the image below, on Divis Street) and the mural shown above, which is in the New Lodge. The site of the old Mackie’s factory is one particular location the campaign says could be redeveloped. (See articles from BMG and Participation & Practice Of Rights.)

For another shot of the mural on the right, see The Great Hunger and the Visual History page on The Great Hunger.

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Four-Letter Words

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Three more images from the recent electoral season. Political parties were putting up hoardings and posters everywhere, such as Sınn Féın’s “Vote” ad (next to one for the rock-band Busted on their ‘Pigs Can Fly’ tour) and the DUP’s use of the spectre of a nationalist first minister as a reason to “keep” Arlene Foster and colleagues. Above, however, the watch-word is “stop”: “Want change? Stop vot[i]ng”.

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X03442 X03441 X03440 railway br nothumberland st ? keep arlene f1rst minister vote for her DUP candidates it takes a4-letter word to be heard níos fear better with 5 point pledge

Brits Out!

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“Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues” — commentary on the “Brexit” vote, coming up on June 23rd, from the Tiger’s Bay community in north Belfast, likening the EU to Babylon — “Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and Abominations of the Earth”, “the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird”, “that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth” — whose destruction is prophesied in the book of Revelation. Hence: “Vote Leave E.U.”.

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X03381 n. queen st bible revelation rev 18:4 whore of babylon sin corruption

In Commemoration Of Easter 1916

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Tom Clarke is at the head of his fellow signatories as he looks down over a printed tarp reproducing photographs of events surrounding the Easter Rising of 1916, including soldiers from the Irish Citizen Army on a rooftop (see the original in this Spectator article) and members of Cumann Na mBan on parade. For the photo of the building in the top left, see this Irish Times article.

The previous Ardoyne – Bone – Ligoniel mural fell down almost as soon as it was completed, leaving only the portraits of locals killed during the troubles

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X03376 X03377 céad blıaın an fíorú na poblachta irish republic to the people of ireland proclamation Joseph Plunkett, Sean MacDiarmada, James Connolly, Padraig Pearse, Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas MacDonagh.

Convenience Shop No 6

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a.k.a. “Brompton Stores” a.k.a “Sıopa An Ghleanna Aırd”.

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In The Cause Of Irish Freedom

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A lily and written ‘salute’ have been added to the Fıanna Éıreann wall at the top of Berwick Road/Paráıd An Ardghleanna for the centenary of the Easter Rising: “1916 – 2016 – We salute the memory of those who have given their lives in the cause of Irish freedom.”

For the plaque and the tarp to the right (both of which commemorate four local teenagers), see Purity In Our Hearts.

In the left-hand corner is an RNU sunburst in green, white, and orange.

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Free Tony Taylor

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Derry republican and RNU spokesperson Tony Taylor was released under the conditions of the Good Friday agreement. He was jailed for three years in 2011 for possession of a rifle. His license was revoked in March (2016) and he was returned to prison on the grounds that he poses a danger to the public. Both RNU and Sınn Féın have called for his release. (Irish News)

The wide shot of the north side of the top end of Berwick Road show (from left to right) Unwelcome To Ardoyne | Gal Gréıne | For Unity.

Gal Gréıne

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Here is a Na Fıanna Éıreann (tw) mural in Ardoyne with Easter lilies on each side of the Fıanna’s ‘sunburst’ (gal gréıne) emblem (which also includes a pike or bill).

For a history of sunburst flags, with lots of images, see An Sıonnach Fıonn. A banner sporting an early version of the emblem, owned by Countess Markievicz during the Rising, was recently returned from London to Dublin (Irish Times).

Berwick Road, Ardoyne, north Belfast

1916-2016

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For the centenary of the Easter Rising – a plaque featuring James Connolly with the plough in the stars hovering over the GPO.

Queen’s Parade, New Lodge, north Belfast

Fáılte Go Dtí Ard Eoın

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“Welcome to Ardoyne.” Updated images of a 2014 series of panels in Ardoyne Avenue, celebrating the neighbourhood and reproducing some well-known images from the area. The years have not been kind, with the top layer of brick coming off in many places, including the eyes of boxer Eamonn Magee (?).