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A slice of Lavery with a cherry on top

Image is from  detail of “Under the Cherry Tree” by Sir John Lavery, at the  Ulster Museum, Belfast.  Sir John Lavery, a Belfast-born portrait painter was born on 20th  March 1856.  He attended the Haldane Academy (Glasgow) and the Académie … Continue reading

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Bobby Sands mural in Belfast

Alongside the Sinn Fein office situated on the Falls Road near Belfast is a mural of hunger striker Bobby Sands. – Robert Gerard “Bobby” Sands (born 9/3/54- died 5/5/81); was an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) … Continue reading

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