Assignment no.72 – Statues / Monuments ... and a bit more

asark

Hi all,

‘a bit more’ part – this is optional;
... add where the photo was taken and a little bit about the subject. I think this would add an interesting trivia educational element to the fun.


The rules:
-Photos must be posted within 2 weeks of the day the task was set– so the closing time/date is 4pm on Saturday, December 10th 2011.
-No old photos. Only photos taken with this task in mind qualify.
-Therefore, the photo must be taken after 4pm on the 26th November 2011.
-Photos must be on the given task.
-ONE photo per post. But submit as many posts as you like.
-Stretch yourself – there is no limitation to what you can do to produce the image.
-The next task/subject is to be chosen by the person who has the most thanks after their post at the closing date/time (the post must include a photo).

Best of Luck to Everyone!

Examples:

The Molly Malone statue in Grafton Street, Dublin.


"Molly Malone" (also known as "Cockles and Mussels" or "In Dublin's Fair City") is a popular song, set in Dublin, Ireland, which has become the unofficial anthem of Dublin City.
Molly is commemorated in a statue designed by Jeanne Rynhart, erected to celebrate the city's first millennium in 1988. Placed at the bottom of Grafton Street in Dublin, this statue is known colloquially as "The Tart With The Cart", "The Dish With The Fish", "The Trollop With The Scallop(s)", "The Dolly With the Trolley", and "The Flirt in the Skirt".

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Moai in Clontarf, Dublin.


The Sculpture was donated by the government of Chile on Novemeber 9th, 2004
It is a replica of an ancient Easter Island Head or Moai. It was sculpted in Chile by the artist Alejandro Pakarati , using volcanic stone from Easter Island.
It took 24 hours in the air, changing planes in Madrid and Santiago, Chile to get to Dublin.
“The Moai are gigantic stone figures whose heads take up 60 per cent of their length. Nearly 900 have been found on this tiny Easter Island in the Pacific. They have elongated noses and lengthy oblong ears,which help to give them their extraordinary sense of watchful force. It is believed they represent deified ancestors,in which case the Moai are one of the most remarkable examples of art’s power to overcome time,and make the past present.”

Snowie

So umm here I am first poster the light was rather good today so i got this

Its a sculpture which could be considered a monument to Fire Ice and water, of which the copper coast In Co Waterford was formed.

sr_1867

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an open-air art organisation, showing work by UK and international artists, including notably Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.

This piece is by Sophie Ryder
http://www.ysp.co.uk/whats-on/open-air/sophie-ryder

leche solara

'Famine' (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.

This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the 'Perserverance' which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. Captain William Scott, a native of the Shetland Isles, was a veteran of the Atlantic crossing, gave up his office job in New Brunswick to take the 'Perserverance' out of Dublin. He was 74 years old. The Steerage fare on the ship was £3 and 210 passengers made the historical journey. They landed in New York on the 18th May 1846. All passengers and crew survived the journey.

Navanmom

I'm new! Looking at cool photos. Want to thank people but only have 1 post of an amateur photo. Need to get posts. Sorry for the interruption. I promise I'll go out on the weekend and post some more pics

leche solara

Navanmom wrote: »

I'm new! Looking at cool photos. Want to thank people but only have 1 post of an amateur photo. Need to get posts. Sorry for the interruption. I promise I'll go out on the weekend and post some more pics

I think you need 15 posts before you get the thumbs up. Just go into some other threads and make some comments

keps

what a fantastic idea- I've been very busy at work - but tomorrrow i'm out monument hunting:)

inkedpt

"This monument was unveiled by President Mary Robinson on Tuesday 15th of March 1994 at 12-00 noon.
The Monument was erected by the Howth Fishermens Association and commemorates the lives of all persons lost at sea, no matter where or no matter how"

keps

Glendalough Round Tower

The round tower of Glendalough is considered by many to be the most finely constructed and beautiful tower in Ireland. Situated in a thickly forested valley, the 30 meter tall tower is built of mica schist with a granite doorway. The conical roof was rebuilt in 1876 using stones found inside. The tower is divided internally into seven stories by timber floors, connected by ladders. The four stories above entrance level are each lit by a small window; while the top story has four windows facing the cardinal compass points. In medieval Ireland, round towers served as beacon/landmarks to guide pilgrims from afar, bell towers, storehouses, lookouts, and places of refuge in times of attack. The door is about 3.5 meters from the ground, which is commonly believed to be a defensive practice with refuge seekers raising the ladder from within. It is still in near perfect condition even though it is almost 1,000 years old.


Sorry if there are some raindrops on the lens - got totally soaked today taking this ..... the crazy things I do. It took me ages to hack the branch down with my swiss army knife.

keps

Even though I was wet and hungry coming back from Glendalough I decided to call to Johnstown to see one of my favourite guys from Irish history..


This was one amazing Irish guy by the way- one of the most senior Diplomats in the British Empire -but this just tells of his demise…
The photo shows the tomb stone of Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, known as the “pickled Earl” so called because in 1872 he decided to visit a penal settlement in the Andaman Islands in India where he was governor -where he was stabbed to death.
Before leaving for India he had specified that if anything should happen to him his body was to be returned to Johnstown for burial.
This posed a serious problem – how to get the body back without its decomposing.


The solution was to put the body in a barrel of rum (a suitable nautical preservative).

The Earl was thus shipped home to Ireland and thence to Johnstown- where he is referred to this day as The Pickled Ear

Word has it that when the barrel was opened the Earl was there with a big smile on his face - but there was no rum!!

Ettna

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This is a statue which was uncovered when work was being done on St Patrick's Cathedral. They think the head is from 17th century but the body is from 13th centrury.

The Kidsnapper

oops

I was going to vote but see that voting finished at 4pm

keps

always the bridesmaid:D

asark

Congratulations to leche solara – a great photo and treatment!

Thanks to everyone for participating.

leche solara wrote: »

keps

well done leche solera - a truly well deserved win

leche solara

Thanks everyone for the thumbs ups. 13 can be lucky for some.

New challenge here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=75942645#post75942645