They Shall Not Grow Old

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
03892-2016-10-05-mckeag-sky-top

“Remember With Pride” (with a poppy). Although the dates of his birth and death are given, Stevie “Top Gun” McKeag’s name appears only on the side-wall of this new mural in the Lower Shankill estate. McKeag was the top assassin in the UDA during the 1990s, claiming at least 12 victims. Both his WP page and this Guardian article describe his career and preeminent standing within the UDA.

03888-2016-10-05-mckeag-sky-w

03890-2016-10-05-mckeag-sky-d

03889-2016-10-05-mckeag-sky-r

03891-2016-10-05-mckeag-sky-l

03893-2016-10-05-mckeag-sky-quilt

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2016 Seosamh Mac Coılle
X03892 X03888 X03890 X03889  X03891 X03893 1st april 1970 24th september 2000 ulster young militants terrae filius 2nd batt c.13 shankill road military commander they shall not grow old those we love don’t go away they walk beside us every day sleeping where no shadows fall at the going down of the sun and in the morning remember with pride

The Horse Monster

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
03099 2015-10-04 CNB15 Seahorses d2+

Sea horses constitute the genus hippocampus, or horse sea-monster, so-called because they appear to be a hybrid of a horse’s upper body with the lower body of an fish or dolphin. The specimens shown in today’s three images are work by Emic (Fb | Web) – who also did We Borrow The Earth From Our Children — on ‘harbour promenade’ next to the Big Fish.

For one of the models (and more stunning sea horses), see #2 in this gallery of seahorses and seadragons.

03093 2015-10-04 CNB15 Seahorses d+

03092 2015-10-04 CNB15 Seahorses+

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2015 Seosamh Mac Coılle
X03099 X03093 X03092

Are You A Robot?

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
03886-2016-10-04-cnb-leoboyd-computer

Leo Boyd screen-printed a version of his “bird feeder” piece onto the wall in Garfield Street for CNB/HTN, and also (below) the Closed Circuit Camera Book Reader at Keats & Chapman. (See Leo’s tumblr for his “tech heads” and “tele heads” series.)

Previously: Big Men Wail Hammers | When Urban Love Goes Wrong | Oh You Pretty Thing

03884-2016-10-04-cnb-leoboyd-camera

03865-2016-09-27-cnb-leoboyd

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2016 Seosamh Mac Coılle
X03886 X03884 X03865 garfield st north st

The Dead Man’s Penny

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
03880-2016-10-03-great-war-mitchison

“The Memorial Plaque (Death Penny [or Dead Man’s Penny]) was issued after the First World War to the next of kin of all British and Empire Service personnel who were killed as a result of the war.” The “penny” was in fact five inches in diameter and cast in bronze. It showed Britannia with a trident and two dolphins swimming around her, and a lion on oak, along with the name of the deceased (here, Ronald Mitchison) without indication of rank. (Here is a close-up of a plaque from WP.) The board shown above contains other information about WWI, centrally including the statement that “The 16th Irish Division, the Connaught Rangers [7th battalion] and the Irish Rifles [7th battalion], all fought side-by-side throughout World War I.”

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2016 Seosamh Mac Coılle
X03880 denmark st ulster tower thiepval