monday murals

It's been a month since I last posted.  Very thankful the move is completed and no one was injured but definitely tired.  We finished everything on the 30th and were very glad to give the keys back. 

I saw this mural in Dungloe's car park.  The words on the mural spell the Irish name for Dungloe.  The troll's name is Stor and you can read about him here.

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monday mural

A guy who was passing through the area when we were photographing this mural  shared the history depicted in the mural.  He said that in the past, before they built the stairs and stuff along the river, guys would go out with their nets four times a day to catch salmon. It would then be brought out at a hut at the edge of the river. The mural depicts such a scene.

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monday mural

I saw this mural when I was on the bus passing through Sligo.  The gantleman is Joe Carroll, a local resident of Sligo.  Unfortunately it was raining when we passed it.

Joe was a regular sight around Sligo town with his navy trench coat and famous cap.  He was often mistaken for a garda or traffic warden as he liked to direct the town's traffic on certain occasions.  His own mode of transport was a black bicycle which was a regular sight around Sligo in the eighties and nineties.  Info courtesy of independent.ie 

the photo below courtesy of the Sligo Champion

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monday mural

a mobile mural

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monday mural - claddagh

Claddagh Jewellers,  Mainguard St, Galway
photo taken 07.04.14 
mural by featurewalls

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a painted portrait on top of the jewelry shop in Clifden.  It's kind of mural-ish.

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monday mural: the snug

seen in Sligo
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greencastle mural

This Mural in Greencastle is an image of a Greencastle yawl or drontheim, a traditional fishing boat for many centuries on the north coasts of Ireland and the northern seaboard of Britain. It was commissioned by Greencastle Community Development, and was completed in August 1999.

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mural by artist fritz

This mural can be seen in Sligo near the Gaavogue River.  The wall was commissioned by Sligo Tidy Towns.  Fritz wanted to create a mural that celebrated the Sligo connection that Bram Stoker has to the town and it’s possible influence on writing Dracula.

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the main street mural

in Buncrana by artist Andrew Garvey-Williams.  The mural depicts scenes around Buncrana 

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lough foyle mural

Located on the corner of New Rd and Malin Rd (R238).  I don't know who painted this but I like it.

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kaleidoscope of colour

located on Foyle Street.  The project for this mural was undertaken in 2011.  It was part of an innovative new urban arts project which quite literally allows local teenagers to add a splash of colour to their community. 
Internationally renowned Philadelphia-based graffiti artist Ernel Martinez recently hooked up with budding painters from the Moville Family Resource centre and the Playhouse in Derry before tackling a wall between Gillen’s supermarket and the Allied Irish Bank.  The new wall is a kaleidoscope of gaudy colours, arranged in the style of a stained glass window. 

Info courtesy of the Inishowen News

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community mural

 painted by the local teenagers.  This is the building that houses the toilets down by the shore walk.

when it rains, look for the rainbow

 when it's dark, look for the stars

names of the people who painted this mural

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home

Saw this on the wall of a sport pitch in Buncrana and had to take two photos to fit it all.  It could relate to the team that plays their home games here, that's my guess.