City/Town

McCurrie & Neill

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2013-01-13 McCurrieNeill+

A banner and board reminding people of the deaths of Jimmy McCurrie and Bobby Neill, next to their memorial garden (in the right of the shot) on the Newtownards Road, with the cranes Samson and Goliath in the background. The two civilians died in the course of rioting and a gun battle around St. Matthew’s that was “the first major confrontation to occur in east Belfast during the troubles” (McKittrick et al., p. 50). It is not clear at what time each died. McKittrick (Lost Lives, ISBN 978-1840185041, amazon.co.uk, .com) gives the death of both as the 27th, and puts Neill’s death at 2 a.m. (and so strictly on the 28th??). Matt Baggott is the current Northern Ireland chief of police.

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X00900 Investigate these murders. Where is their justice? murdered 27/28th june 1970; still no truth, still no justice

Big Brother

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2013-01-07 DukeBigBrother+

A 3-D/plane-breaking board/collage from the courtyard of the Duke Of York, featuring King Kong on the Empire State building (1933), Atlas (Metropolis 1927), a zombie (also from Metropolis?), riot police controlled by a puppet-master, Hokusai’s Great Wave Of Kanagawa 1830, WWI biplanes, a steamer/cruise-ship with searchlight? and something that looks like the Giant’s causeway?? (Leave a comment if you can correct these, or recognise the car with L plates (Death Proof 2007 – thanks Bob) or Hollister on the document folder.)

2013-02 Update: Artists Ciaran Gallagher and Kathryn Bannister have a gallery of pictures of the piece being constructed and installed. The piece, they say, is inspired by “classics of the silver screen” and was part of Culture Night 2011.

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McBride’s

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2013-01-05 DukeMcBrides+

McBride’s pub — in Cushendun — with a variety of local celebrities. This is one of the three images on the back wall of the courtyard of the Duke of York. The artist is Kathryn Bannister (not Ciaran Gallagher, as originally stated – thanks to Ciaran for the correction, April 2013. The pair worked together on the Fritz Lang and Euro-pa pieces, also at the Duke Of York). Kathryn’s web site is here.

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X00893 sam thompson, joe tumelty, albert sharpe, pat kavanagh, sam mcaughtry, jimmy cricket, tim wheeler, michael longley, john mcgahern, john hewitt, master mcgrath, adrian dunbar, marie jones, roma downey, neil hannon, aaron mccusker, colin murray, gerry armstrong, dave ‘fit’ finlay, iam mcilhenney, eamonn holmes, eddie shaw, dermot murnaghan, barney eastwood, amanda burton, fred daly, thatcher the goat, john watson, ciaran gribben, randall, jonny mcdaid, tríonna, nathan connolly, terry george, stephen ferris, jonny quinn, ronnie carroll, barry douglas, george IV, miss emma belfast, the brothers wim will.i.am jim.i.am, peter cunnah, vivian campbell, paddy wallace, andrew trimble, mike bull, meave kyle, tommy bowe, rory best, brian mclaughlin, brendan rodgers, micky harte, rory mcilroy, graeme mcdowell, darren clarke

The Harp Festival

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2013-01-04 AssemblyRoomsPlaque+

A plaque in Donegall St: “The harp festival of 1792 was held in the Assembly Rooms, on the upper floor of this building. It began life as a single-storey arcaded market house or ‘exchange’ in 1768. The upper floor was added in 1778 and Charles Lanyon Italianised the exterior in 1845. Known as the ‘four corners’, all milestones out of Belfast were once measured from here.”

The Assembly Rooms are in the building that stands between Lower Donegall St and Lower North Street.

Who are these two figures? The link above gives a list of harpists. Is the smaller person Edward Bunting (WP), who transcribed and “corrected” the music played? Who is KN (see below leg of chair) and is this a copy of another piece?

Wider shot below, complete with obliterated — by Belfast City Council — flyer and another for Dance Hall music.

2013-01-03 AssemblyRooms+

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