Vintage mural in Linfield Avenue, flanking the Sandy Row Methodist church, with the 1690-1990 piece on the other side. ‘In glorious memory, 36th Ulster division. YCV – In God our trust.’
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The Linfield area of south Belfast is named for the flax plant, genus Linum (presumably – there doesn’t seem to be a history of the area on-line), though that plant is blue (see this image), while this one – in Linfield Gardens – is orange.
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Graffiti in Linfield Gardens (off Sandy Row) making reference to the banner shown in this entry (on a bonfire) and on-going disputes over the routes established by the Parades Commission for Orange Order marches: They may have stole[n] our banner but they will never steal our culture.
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The Sandy Row Falcons (cheerleading) (Fb) take the place of King Billy in Linfield Avenue; the Siege Of Derry mural remains.
The Falcons are also included in Each One Teach One.
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Three images of flags on two republican bonfires, built to commemorate the introduction of internment in 1971. According to news reports (e.g. BBC-NI), the ‘Celebrating Our Culture’ banner on this bonfire at the base of Divis tower had been stolen from Linfield Road in south Belfast (it hung to the left of the mural to the left in this image) but was subsequently removed from the bonfire (whether or not it was returned is not reported). The image above is from Thursday (Aug. 8th). (Last year’s bonfire also had stolen PUL banners: see M08775.)
The flag in the second image (an Ulster flag with a tricolour in the corner and the words ‘The Only Ulster’ on the bottom) was on the Divis bonfire during construction on Wednesday but removed by Thursday. The third image is of a bonfire in Beechmount (between Corpus Christi and St. Paul’s schools) flying the flags of various loyalist groups, as well as the Union flag and the Northern Ireland flag.
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The notice-board outside Bar Berlin on the Shankill Road at Berlin Street announces spirits for 1.50 and happy-hour pints for 2.10.
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A billboard for this year’s Féıle, which begins on August 1st and, in addition to the various musical acts shown here, includes an exhibition in the Conway Mill on the murals of Belfast and Los Angeles. This hoarding is at the junction of Kinnaird Street and the Antrim Road.
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X01194 irelands’ biggest community arts festival and summer school 1-11 august 2013 http://www.feilebelfast.com
A recently installed plaque to Carl Gilbert Hardebeck in the vestibule of Holy Family Church, Limestone Rd. Of German and Welsh extraction, born in London, and blind from an early age, he came to Belfast when he was 24. He learned Irish and began collecting Irish music. Hardebeck believed that if there was music in hell it was the bagpipes!
Eugene Dunphy, who has made a film on Hardebeck, spoke at the unveiling, and the brothers Mac Maoláın, retired priests Breandán and Caoımhín, unveiled the plaque. The unveiling ceremony, including performance of a Hardebeck piece, is documented in the video below. Dunphy is still researching the life of Hardebeck; if you have any information, contact him via his Hardebeck web site. (2016-04 Irish News article)
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X01195 1869-1945 organist at holy family from 1897 to 1904 at st peter’s west belfast from 1904 to 1919 blind musician collector arranger and composer of irish music became fluent in irish first to adapt the braille system for the irish language born in clerkenwell london died in dublin an ceol, solas sa dorchadas with information supplied by eugene dunphy plaque installed by fr gerry mccloskey and parishioners june 22nd 2013
The Red Army are the supporters of Cliftonville football team which this past (2012-2013) season won both the Irish League Cup and the League Championship. The mural on the right had side, detailed below, looks in such good condition because it was touched up on July 17th —in time for that night’s Champions League match against Celtic — after being vandalized on the 16th.
There is a good summary of Cliftonville history (including their present-day successes), as well as a picture of the “Let’s All Do The Huddle” mural painted for the occasion of the Celtic visit, at the blog Four-Four-Two.
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These billboards are all over north Belfast to coincide with the Scoıl Samhraıdh Mhıc Reachtaın (McCracken Summer School) which begins on the 22nd. This one is outside Tesco’s on the Antrim Road.
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