Cork In 50 Artworks, No 39: Fin Dac’s mural on the Kino, Washington St

The renowned Togher artist took inspiration from a poster advertising a gig in which Radiohead supported Cork band, the Frank & Walters

Fin Dac, aka Finbarr Notte, is from Togher in Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

Fin Dac is the pseudonym of graffiti artist Finbarr Notte, a native of Togher, Cork who now lives in London. Dac has painted murals all over the world, but only one in Cork. The mural, on the Kino on Washington St, came into being in May 2014, after a group of teenagers had reopened the former arthouse cinema as a café and music venue. It featured an Asian girl lying on her side in a Frank and Walters t-shirt, and remained in place until September 2017, when the venue changed hands and it was painted over.

The project was suggested by the artist’s brother Stanley Notte, a spoken word artist and poet.