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Wall of Death

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  • 28-04-2016 6:53pm
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    Fuzzy Clam
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    The story is from 2015
    http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/local-news/200890/Rebuilding-the--Wall-of-Death.html

    "Thirty eight years after the original was destroyed, three men are embarking on a project to re-create Granard’s famous Wall of Death.

    Glasgow-based artist Stephen Skrynka is teaming up with Granard natives Connie Kiernan and Michael Donoghue, the men whose story inspired the much-loved film, ‘Eat the Peach’.

    Stephen has been working on the Wall of Death for years in different capacities, first hosting a theatrical production in the National Theatre of Scotland, based on the life of the world-famous Ken Fox troupe.

    Earlier this year, Stephen opened an exhibition in Dublin, part of which was based on Connie and Michael’s story.

    Inviting the brothers-in-law to the exhibition, Stephen approached them with the idea of recreating the popular attraction. Explaining that the film ‘Eat the Peach’ is about following a dream, Stephen told the Granard men that they needed “to rebuild that dream and build the wall up again”."

    I passed that way this morning on the way to the vet and i think they may have built it.
    There was a structure behind the house that looked like it could be a Wall of death.


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