Thorndyke Street Murals
This was the second project undertaken by the Society was targeted at countering the argument from the Republican community that as a community we have no history.
To demonstrate that this is incorrect we decided to depict a small part of our history and culture on a wall, a wall, which stretches for 129 feet in Thorndyke Street, off Templemore Avenue.
The size of the wall allowed us to depict 12 major events from our past, which tell just part of the history of our community.
A long and protracted debate was undertaken by the Society to decide what events should be included. Eventually a consensus was reached the 12 subjects would be: -
Due to the size of the wall the Society painted additional smaller murals to encompass even more of our history and culture.
The Society spent some 7 months on this project, preparing the wall, helping the fantastic artists and in arranging the splendid opening ceremony in which children and people from the local community dressed in various costumes to illustrate each mural. On that special Saturday night in September 2004 King Billy made a guest appearance in east Belfast.
To view photographs of the various construction stages of the project from the existing wall to the final brush stroke can be seen by clicking HERE to see photographs of the official opening of the murals please click HERE.
To download the transcript of the opening speech that was delivered to the many of hundreds of supporters who attended this opening event then please click the image to the right.
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