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William Conor – Shankill Artist William was one of us! Born on May 9, 1881 in No 5 Fortingale Street. He was one of six children born to William and Mary Connor (nee Wallace). Fortingale Street, which was part of the Hammer, ran from Agnes Street, off the Shankill Road to the Old Lodge Road. How fitting that Conor’s corner is on the corner of Agnes Street and the Shankill! His father, William Connor, was a tinsmith and sheet-metal worker, who later became a gas fitter. He was Educated at the Clifton Park central national school, where his artistic abilities