Ok, this dude was apparently a US president, James Buchanan the 15th US president between 1857 and 1861 but just look at what he says! "My Ulster blood is my most priceless heritage..."
For those who don't know, Ulster is another name for Northern Ireland. It actually refers back to areas that the original island of Ireland was split up into (I hope that's the correct way to explain this) and Ulster is made up of the 6 counties of Northern Ireland along with 3 counties from the Republic of Ireland.
Ulster is actually a name that protestants, rather than Catholics would use.
This fella, Jimmy, is from Northern Ireland! Ohhh yeah! US president, thank you very much. We produce only the finest for export.
Let me also explain this picture further. This is what we in N. Ireland call, "muriels". We actually mean, "murals". These are massive paintings on the sides of houses. They are, or were, mainly all political and to do with paramilitaries (our terrorists if you like) and could be found in the cities, big towns or in places were there was a strong paramilitary presence.
These muriels are common and a lot more are becoming about our heritage and so on. I'm near sure there's even one for Steve McQueen.
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your murals are the cat's meow, i've seen a few myself. remember, I could have visited you over christmas, but didn't know you lived so close....damn.
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