Short Strand

Nicole McKiernan, from St Matthew's Primary School, admiring the finished mosaic on the Bryson Street peace wall which she helped to produce.

Dates: October 2008 - April 2009
Location: Peace wall at Bryson Street
Artist: Tom Agnew

One of Belfast's first peace walls has been given a makeover.

A series of ceramic panels have been added to the wall dividing Bryson Street and Madrid Street in east Belfast.

The project was completed by Tom Agnew, a Londonderry artist and ceramicist, who produced the series of eight panels along with local residents of all ages, from five to 75.

Members of the local Doyle Youth Club were also heavily involved in the project by contributing to three of the panels, which depict marine and beach images representing ‘the strand’.

Finished artwork

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Image one: Nicole McKiernan and Tiernan Morgan, from St Matthew's Primary School, helped to produce one of the mosaic panels.
Image two: Kathleen Catterson (98), who has lived in the Short Strand all her life, admires one of the new mosaics.

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