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O'Connell Street Upper / Parnell Street, D1

Charles Stewart Parnell

Co. Wicklow 1846 - Brighton 1891
Irish landlord, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party
(Wikipedia)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Roman Bronze Works (New York)
1911

Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath / Charles Stewart Parnell

Description

Triangular obelisk of 17½ m with a bronze statue of Parnell standing in front of it facing O'Connell Street. Below the statue are bronze shields with the names of the four Irish provinces and around the base of the obelisk shields with the names of the 32 counties. On the front of the obelisk, above the statue, is a gold harp with a text in golden letters.

Inscription(s)

to
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL

"no man has a right to fix the
boundary to the march of a nation
no man has a right
to sat to his country
thus far shalt thou
go and no further
we have never
attempted to fix
the ne plus ultra
to the progress of
irelands nationhood
and we never shall
Go soirbhighidh dia
Éire dá clainn

(The Irish quote translates as: That God may make Ireland flourish for her people).

Signature

avgvstvs | saint gavdens | mcmvi
roman bronze works | new york

Sculptor

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Dublin 1848 - Cornish, New Hampshire 1907), American sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in Dublin.

Locatie (N 53°21'9" - W 6°15'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie029; Photograph: 9 June 2014
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