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Life In Belfast As Represented On Its Walls – Murals, Street Art, Graffiti

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Let Your Union Fly Flag

2013-01-242026-08-14Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
2013-01-24 FlyTheFlag+

Graffiti in east Belfast concerning the on-going dispute over the union flag on Belfast City Hall: Be proud to fly your flag. No surrender!

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Belfast, Belfast east, graffiti/writing, political, PUL

Delivery Instructions

2013-01-112026-08-14Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
2013-01-11 HashCash+

“No hash, no cash” – Bryson Street, (CNR) east Belfast.

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X00898

Belfast, Belfast east, CNR, graffiti/writing, personal

A Short Treatise On The Ephemerality Of Art

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2013-01-04 NikoPraise+

Q: Praise’s piece in North Street has been …?
(a) vandalized
(b) improved
(c) replaced
(d) all of the above
(e) other

Explain your answer in the comments. Also on Extramural Activity: An Essay On The Necessity Of Art | Fuck Art | A Dialogue On The Nature Of Art

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X00886

Belfast, Belfast city centre, graffiti/writing, personal

Not For $hale

2013-01-032026-08-14Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
2013-01-03 NotForShale+

Graffiti on the side of Cliftonville’s football ground – ‘Not for Shale’.

There is a persistent if low-level anti-fracking campaign in north Belfast. The proposed fracking is to take place in Fermanagh-Leitrim-Cavan area.

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X00883

Belfast, Belfast north, graffiti/writing, social

Westland British

2013-01-032026-08-14Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
2013-01-03 WestlandBritish+

Union Flag and territorial graffiti, Westland Road, north Belfast.

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X00884

Belfast, Belfast north, community, graffiti/writing, PUL, Union Flag

Thompson House #2

2012-11-242026-08-14Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Jimmy Savile Was Here: More graffiti on Thompson house, this time referencing the 2012 sex abuse scandal surrounding Jimmy Savile.

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X00750

Belfast, Belfast north, graffiti/writing, social

Free

2012-11-202026-08-14Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Glenard-Glenbryn “peace line”/”war wall” on Alliance Avenue, north Belfast.

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X00744

Belfast, Belfast north, CNR, graffiti/writing, personal

A Dialogue On The Nature Of Art

2012-11-082026-08-14Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

A tag seems to have drawn the comment “There is a difference between art and grafetti” [graffiti] which in turn drew the response “No there’s not”.

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X00721 Cupar Way

Belfast, Belfast west, graffiti/writing, personal

Extramural Activity

2012-11-072026-08-14Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“IRA” daubed on exterior of the Springfield Road barracks. (See also: Martin Corey board.)

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X00703

Belfast, Belfast west, CNR, graffiti/writing, physical force

Fuck Art

2012-10-272026-08-14Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Fuck Art graffiti in Lower North St. October 27th, 2012 – a defaced mural executed on Culture Night.

See also: An Essay On The Necessity Of Art | A Dialogue On The Nature Of Art.

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X00701 use or reuse

Belfast, Belfast city centre, graffiti/writing, painted wall, personal
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