On the BBCs programme One they had a survey to see what faces should replace the paramilatary murals on the streets of belfast. think it was
5: Barry McGuigan
4 David Healy
3 Van Morrison
2 James Nesbit
keep going
and more
have you guessed yet
1 Joey Dunlop
never would have guessed, what do you think?
Would be happy with 4 out of 5 but I'm not sure what Jimmy Nesbitt has done to be on that list.
George Best, he is the one i thought would have been a shoe in for the number one spot, not a fan of either Nesbit or Van Morrison
Quote from: Square Ball on July 17, 2007, 07:16:53 PM
George Best, he is the one i thought would have been a shoe in for the number one spot, not a fan of either Nesbit or Van Morrison
GB already has (at least) 3 murals.
(http://www.ourweecountry.co.uk/wallmuralbest3.jpg)
(http://www.ourweecountry.co.uk/wallmuralbest1.jpg)
(http://www.ourweecountry.co.uk/wallmuralbest2.jpg)
surely healy is too young? i think it's prob better to paint someone on a mural at the end of their career not when they are in their prime. Also jimmy nebitt? what has he done that loads of other actors haven't??
peter the great should have 1....after all he is the best gaelic footballer of all time
here is my top five
1) The great George Best. (The worlds greatest ever lawn fairy)
2) Derek Dougan. ( forward thinker)
3) Van The Man. ( musical icon)
4) Terence McNaughton ( Antrims most famous hurler)
5) Gerry Adams. ( the politician and man that brought us all peace)
Whaddya all tink???? ;)
No mention of Gerry Armstrong yet??
...the Johnnie who went on to score THAT goal v Spain in the World Cup!!!
Healy is already in one up the Albert Bridge Road 7 i think he has one in Killylea too!
Frank Carson!
Neil Lennon.... ;)
Gerry Adams
John Hume
Liam Neeson (if for nothing else but Schindlers List)
Seamus Heaney
Henry Joy McCracken
Derek Dougan/George Best
Snow Patrol
Dana........ I'll get my jacket now !! :-[
Quote from: Square Ball on July 17, 2007, 07:05:04 PM
On the BBCs programme One they had a survey to see what faces should replace the paramilatary murals on the streets of belfast.
Either Stew and Goath Dobhair Abu are on the wind up or have missed the point of the survey ::)
There's one of Alex Higgins on the Donegall Road. Only dead people should be put on murals.
Many would make an exception in Higgins's case and be only too happy to paste him to a wall.
Quote from: Hardy on July 18, 2007, 11:17:36 AM
Many would make an exception in Higgins's case and be only too happy to paste him to a wall.
:D
John McNally, Freddie Gilroy, John Caldwell, Jim McCourt, Hugh Russell and Wayne... Belfast Olympic boxing medal winners....
Micky Marley!
Daniel O Donnel
on Nationalist Side
1.Neil Lennon in Celtic Shirt??
2.Terence McNaughton, more GAA murals around Belfast would be welcome
On Unionist Side???
1.David Healy
2.George Best
Nothing wrong with a Sambo mural but we are trying not to scare tourists off!
Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on July 18, 2007, 12:01:50 PM
on Nationalist Side
1.Neil Lennon in Celtic Shirt??
2.Terence McNaughton, more GAA murals around Belfast would be welcome
On Unionist Side???
1.David Healy
2.George Best
There's no chance neil lennon would ever make an apperance on a mural. It's not just because he has played for celtic but he has become a hate figure for rangers supporters and is it fair to say he hasn't helped healing the sectarian divide in belfast or glasgow? If you could only get away with putting a certain mural up in either a unionist or nationalist area then it defeats the whole idea of having a mural that everyone can appreciate. Anyone controversial should be avoided. Seamus Heaney is an obvious choice. What about Oscar Wilde, educated in Enniskillen?
is there any murals that both sides can appreciate though?
Seamus Heaney is a Catholic,dont know how well that would go down in hardline loyalist areas.
Oscar Wilde would be a possibility alright though.
Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on July 18, 2007, 12:13:48 PM
Seamus Heaney is a Catholic,dont know how well that would go down in hardline loyalist areas.
I can't see Heaney being a problem, he's never being affiliated with either side. Equally a mural of John Hume and David Trimble should be welcomed in either area. 3 Nobel prize winners from a population as small as the North should be recognised, if anything their achievements could be appreciated at an international level, whereas lennon and sambo would not.
Five, isn't it?
Quote from: Hardy on July 18, 2007, 12:29:04 PM
Five, isn't it?
i ran out of ideas after 2 on each side Hardy.
5 industrialists. Harry Ferguson, Shortt, Dunlop, Harland and Wolf
Quote from: inisceithleann on July 18, 2007, 12:21:22 PM
Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on July 18, 2007, 12:13:48 PM
Seamus Heaney is a Catholic,dont know how well that would go down in hardline loyalist areas.
I can't see Heaney being a problem, he's never being affiliated with either side. Equally a mural of John Hume and David Trimble should be welcomed in either area. 3 Nobel prize winners from a population as small as the North should be recognised, if anything their achievements could be appreciated at an international level, whereas lennon and sambo would not.
would the whole idea though not be to get away from the whole political question,would be better designing murals with no political baggae even if they did did good in my opinion.
Wayne McCullagh would be a great example,
Came from a hardline loyalist area,yet faught for the whole Island of Ireland with pride.
Joey Dunlop also makes sense.
Ballyhaise Man - sorry - I meant (in response to Inis Ceithleann) that there are five nobel laureates from The North. They could nearly claim seven - Beckett was partly and Walton practically wholly educated in The North.
Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on July 18, 2007, 12:36:47 PM
Joey Dunlop also makes sense.
Was he the man who invented rubber tyres? He's the one I meant. If they use industrialists it may set an example and help them get off their fat arses and start working for a living rather than spounging off the Brtish & Irish states.
Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on July 18, 2007, 12:36:47 PM
Quote from: inisceithleann on July 18, 2007, 12:21:22 PM
Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on July 18, 2007, 12:13:48 PM
Seamus Heaney is a Catholic,dont know how well that would go down in hardline loyalist areas.
I can't see Heaney being a problem, he's never being affiliated with either side. Equally a mural of John Hume and David Trimble should be welcomed in either area. 3 Nobel prize winners from a population as small as the North should be recognised, if anything their achievements could be appreciated at an international level, whereas lennon and sambo would not.
would the whole idea though not be to get away from the whole political question,would be better designing murals with no political baggae even if they did did good in my opinion.
Wayne McCullagh would be a great example,
Came from a hardline loyalist area,yet faught for the whole Island of Ireland with pride.
Joey Dunlop also makes sense.
I couldn't agree more about avoiding the political baggage. The problem is using figures that are easily identiable by the public. I like sky blue's suggestion of industrialists but would any of us recognise any of their images? If not any point in using them?
Jesus, Mary & Joseph with a wee donkey and the Holy Ghost.
Quote from: Lecale2 on July 18, 2007, 12:52:48 PM
Jesus, Mary & Joseph with a wee donkey and the Holy Ghost.
How do you picture the Holy Ghost?? ;)
Quote from: Gaoth Dobhair Abu on July 18, 2007, 12:56:35 PM
Quote from: Lecale2 on July 18, 2007, 12:52:48 PM
Jesus, Mary & Joseph with a wee donkey and the Holy Ghost.
How do you picture the Holy Ghost?? ;)
(http://www.ladydragon.com/129casper.jpg)
Only with a wee halo. ;)
Quote from: Long time dead on July 18, 2007, 01:15:07 PM
Quote from: Gaoth Dobhair Abu on July 18, 2007, 12:56:35 PM
Quote from: Lecale2 on July 18, 2007, 12:52:48 PM
Jesus, Mary & Joseph with a wee donkey and the Holy Ghost.
How do you picture the Holy Ghost?? ;)
(http://www.ladydragon.com/129casper.jpg)
Only with a wee halo. ;)
Ahhhhh, always thought that those things were frizbees! ;)
What a joke. Healy a failure at Preston and Leeds who wouldn't get near a Premiership club had it not been for Sanchez taking over at Fulham.
NI tops scorer of all time and the Islands joint top scorer of all time (though currently playing in a better team than Robbie Keane ;))
Though I would wait until hes finished playing before starting the murals etc.
For other suggestions Danny Blanchflower or Bertie Peacock from back in the day.