Belfast south

British And Proud

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A “British And Proud” banner currently flies adjacent to the board at the bottom of Sandy Row celebrating the (Dutch) William of Orange (or “King Billy” as he is more commonly referred to) (WP) and his “Danish, English, Dutch, French Huguenots, Prussian, Scots, Irish, Swiss, Polish, Italian, Norwegian” forces. The mural was launched July 2nd, 2016, and was painted by artist Ross Wilson (Tele). A time-lapse video of the painting-over of the previous mural and the installation of the various pieces is available on Youtube.

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X00944 X04739 Prince of orange, king william III, king billy’s on the wall, williamite forces,  welcome to sandy row, william III encourages his troops on the morning of july 12th 1690, let ambition fire thy mind, laat amitie brand uw verstand

Markets Social

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In 2008 and 2009 artist Raymond Henshaw completed a series of cultural murals about the Markets area of Belfast. This one showcases the people of the Markets.

Two of the images – bottom right and two spots above it – show a street party to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Robert Emmet in 1953. For a mural from that occasion (in Ardoyne) see Visual History 02.

There were six boards in total: Portraits | Social | Social History | Sport & Culture | Bars | Industry

Lower Stanfield St, Markets, south Belfast

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For Club And Country

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Sport and politics intersect in this mural at the junction of Broadway and Donegall Avenue in south Belfast. Northern Irish flags provide a backdrop for the shields of Linfield football club and the Northern Ireland football association.

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Union Jack – Donegall Pass

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The Union Flag is, how shall we say, “all the rage” these days. (Background from BBC-NI. Here is youtube video of the famous “No Surrender” scream. Gallery of images from protests on Dec 3rd | Dec 8th from U.Tv. Lots of coverage on Slugger O’Toole.) This one is flying over a ‘Give Way’ sign in Donegall Pass.

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Titanic Town – South Belfast

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This is a May 2012 mural celebrating workers at Harland & Wolff and the building of the Titanic (and Olympic) 1908-1911 on the gable wall of Allen’s Tours (Allen’s Furniture)

The artist is Ed Reynolds, whose site contains images of him at work on the piece (steadyhanded.com). The painting is somewhat reminiscent of Magritte’s 1959 Le Mois Des Vendages.

Combermere Street, (Donegall Rd. just before Sandy Row), south belfast

The left-hand “title” and two details follow below …

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X00595 X00600 X00594 X00601 funded by belfast city council titanic workers, this mural was developed under belfast city council’s titanic community engagement project with support from titanic foundation. thanks go to sandy row community forum, local residents and artist Ed Reynolds.

Just The Ticket

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These are just a few of the panels that are part of the long, long, mural in Stroud Street by Ed Reynolds (steadyhanded.com), “assisted by William McKee Strong, June 2012” – McKee appears as the man putting money into the parking-ticket machine, which is real, as is the street-light pole incorporated in the mural above. (There are a few seconds of footage of children swinging on a light pole at the 1:25 mark of this youtube video.)

The third image is based on a photograph by the celebrated Belfast photographer Bill Kirk whose exhibit ‘Sandy Row 1974’ was at the Red Barn Gallery September-October 2011. At 6:50 in this youtube video one can see the original photograph of the Elliots.

Commissioned by the Belfast City Council, in consultation with the Sandy Row Community Forum and the Residents’ Association. The Tele had a write-up of the work: The Singing Butcher.

Stroud Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast

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X00583 X00588 sandy row 1907, tram workers sandy row at the albion Alex Higgins Joe Hillerby Alanna Audley-Murphy Ruby Murray James Johnston Joe Bambrick

July 1st

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In the old style of calendar (prior to 1752), the Battle Of The Boyne took place on July 1st, the same date as the Battle Of The Somme (in the new style of calendar). It is reported that some soldiers from the 36th Division wore their Orange Order collarettes into battle. In the image above, which reproduces a painting by Carol Graham, they defend their trench from a German assault.

Carson signing the 1912 Covenant is the second of the pair.

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