No set of pictures of Belfast would be complete without the customary wall murals, or "muriels" as the locals jokingly call them. The images above were taken in the lower Shankill area. The top image is a mural about Oliver Cromwell, a hero in the eys of Loyalists as much as he is a demon in the eyes of Irish nationalists. The bottom image is King William III riding a white horse, the classic loyalist motif. King Billy was probably the original political wall mural theme.
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