A nautical-themed mural in Short Street providing a “Welcome to Sailortown”, including a speedy seahorse, a lobster, and a hammerhead shark. The mural was sponsored by the Community Arts Project and painted last (2016) summer by residents led by artists from Seedhead Arts (report from Clanmil Housing). Here is video of (former) residents describing life in the area (from @AndrewJMolloy).
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Famous faces and landmarks from east Belfast, including, in the foreground, guitarists Gary Moore and Eric Bell (from Thin Lizzy). Included in the bottom right is the artist himself, Dee Craig. For a complete list, see the info board, below.
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A modern sprayer remembers ‘the legends’ of yesteryear: a footballer celebrates (perhaps from the former Willowfield FC which won the Irish Cup in 1928 or the current Willowfield Parish) and a H&W workers tucks into a sandwich.
The mural to the right of the image can be seen in My Anchor Holds.
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The Royal Ulster Academy Of Art’s Art In The City exhibition, which runs through October and November, puts (reproductions of) 12 works of art on the Belfast streets. The work shown above is Dan Dowling’s Big Daddy’s Funeral – the funeral is happening just left of the bus, outside St Patrick’s Cathedral in Donegall Street, which is where the painting itself can be found.
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The town of Armoy, County Antrim, hosts an annual motorcycling road race, the Race Of Legends. The windows of the (closed) Victory Bar is filled with images of motorcyclists. Robert Dunlop is shown above and brother Joey is two windows to the left. Both brothers died as a result of racing accidents. Sons William and Michael are also featured.
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The initial Carrickfergus Castle was built in 1177 and today functions as a major tourist attraction. The foot soldier in chainmail and kettle hat in the image above can be seen (in statue form) at the castle, along with a variety of other soldiers from the Norman and English forces that held the castle throughout the centuries.
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Two images of pleasing shapes formed by cabling, street signs, and the shadow of power lines on plastered walls.
Previously in accidentally-geometric-walls, the Mondrian-esque Composition With Orange, Bathroom Tile And Dolphin Wallpaper.
Boyne Square is a loyalist area of Larne. It hosts a bonfire and Orange Order arch in the marching season.
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Five images from the Local Heroes at the Creggan shops: James McLean (footballer), Tony O’Doherty (footballer), David McAuley (Special Olympian who lit the flame to open the 2003 games in Dublin), Charlie Nash (boxer), and Aileen Reid (triathlete) (and, in a separate entry, swimmer Liam Ball). The murals were painted by Karl Porter and Donal O’Doherty from UV Arts.
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We travel through time with these three images of Grant’s shop on Bishop Street, Derry. The first above, is labelled “circa 1972” and shows Henry Grant; the second shows children playing marbles in the street in front of Patrick Grant’s shop “circa 1918”, while the third, with a horse and cart, is dated to 1932.
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This image of London-/Derry in days-gone-by is on the outside of the walls of Derry, looking in. The brickwork of which it appears to be the portal is also fake; in fact, this is a covered walkway leading from Bishop Street to the Fountain.
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