Shandon Street Festival

There is a great mural painted along the east side of Shandon Street. It was sponsored by the Shandon Street Business Association (SSBA) and the Shandon Area Renewal Association (SARA). I'm not sure who actually painted the work, however...

It shows a festival in full swing all around the Shandon area. it's a lovely lively piece with lots of nice touches, like clowns, the Butter Exchange Band and the Shandon Dragon!

FYI, the Shandon Street Festival takes place in June, while the Dragon of Shandon street parade takes place the night of 31 October.

I took all the below photographs in July 2012....

The piece is so big I had to photograph it in two pieces. This is the left side....

And this is the right side....

And here are some lovely details...





Here are the links for the Shandon Street Festival and the Dragon of Shandon Parade:
http://www.shandonstreetfestival.com/
http://www.dragonofshandon.com/about.html

Here's a link to the Facebook page of the Cork Community Art Link. It has some photos of the festival and dragon and other area events:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cork-Community-Art-Link/189692277413#!/pages/Cork-Community-Art-Link/189692277413