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Statues and Monuments in Dublin

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  • 17-03-2011 7:28pm
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    Blisterman
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    Dublin must have more statues and monuments per capita than any other city in the word. There's dozens of them, even one to Prince albert outside Leinster house. Yet quite a few notable Dublin figures have none.

    If you had to pick one Dubliner who could be commemorated by a statue or monument, who would it be?


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    cml387
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    If I could suggest re-instating one it would be the bowl of light on O'Connell Bridge which was supposed to celebrate An Tostal but was nicknamed The Tomb Of The Unknown Gurrier.


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    Nolanger
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    Robert Tressell - he's got a plaque in Wexford St but no statue.


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    spurious
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    Zozimus. Long overdue I think.


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    Yillan
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    Sir Bob


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    _blank_
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    Luke Kelly.


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    The Scientician
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    Des wrote: »
    Luke Kelly.

    I remember reading a few years ago about one being in production.

    ETA: From Wikipedia:
    The Ballybough Bridge in the north inner city of Dublin has been renamed the "Luke Kelly Bridge" and in November 2004, the Dublin city council voted unanimously to erect a bronze statue of Luke Kelly. However, the Dublin Docklands Authority has since stated that it can no longer afford to fund the statue. Councillor Christy Burke of Dublin City Council has appealed to members of the music community including Bono, Phil Coulter and Enya to help build it.


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    mikemac
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    Is there's some trick question on it

    You ask how many statues on O'Connell St and the reply might "not sure may 10 or 11"

    And the answer is 1, the rest are monuments

    I've made a right mess of this Q&A but I've heard it more then once


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    Cookie_Monster
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    Bring back the time in the slime, great ald statue monument that was :P


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    Nolanger
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    Dublin boxer Steve Collins.


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    [Jackass]
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    Ronnie Drew.

    I also think some sporting hero's should be remembered.

    Sonia O'Sullivan in Cork etc.


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    Drummer22
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    icystove has just released a DVD on the top 15 ststues and monuments with a tour guide as a presenter.


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    wakka12
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    Eileen Gray. One of Ireland's greatest architects, a pioneer of the modernist architecture movement at a time when Ireland's architectural innovations were considered boring uninspired and conservative. A time when few to no women even made any major impact on the architecture scene. She created works that became the obsessive envy of Corbussier himself.
    This woman most definitely deserves a damn nice statue all to herself!


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