Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Twelve bronze bronze portrait plaques of Irish writers each accompanied by a short biography, set into the arched alcoves of the red-brick east wall of St. Patrick's Park. Ten of the twelve plaques are behind an enclosed area with the date 1988 inscribed on the front.

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BECKETT samuel beckett dramatist 1906-1989 nobel prize winner 1969   molloy — waiting for godot — endgame	CLARKE austin clarke poet 1896-1974 flight to africa — twice around the black church — mnemosyne lay in dust	BEHAN brendan behan dramatist 1923-1964 the burstal boy — an giall — the quare fellow
Samuel Beckett (Dublin 1906 - Paris 1989) Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet (Wikipedia).	Austin Clarke (Dublin 1896 - 1974) one of the leading Irish poets of the generation after W. B. Yeats (Wikipedia).	Brendan Behan - Breandán Ó Beacháin (Dublin 1923 - Dublin 1964) Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish (Wikipedia).
JOYCE james joyce novelist 1882-1941   dubliners — ulysses — finnegans wake	O'CASEY sean o'casey dramatist 1880-1964 juno and the peacock — the plough and the stars — the silver tassie	SYNGE john millington synge 1871-1909 dramatist riders to the sea — shadow of the glen — playboy of the western world
James Joyce (Dublin 1882 - Zürich 1941) Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century (Wikipedia).	Seán O'Casey - Seán Ó Cathasaigh (born John Casey; Dublin 1880 - Torquay, England 1964) Irish dramatist and memoirist (Wikipedia).	John Millington Synge (Dublin 1871 - Dublin 1909) Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore (Wikipedia).
YEATS william butler yeats poet 1865-1939 nobel prize winner 1923 cathleen ni houlihan — the wild swans at coole — the tower	SHAW george bernard shaw dramatist 1856-1950 nobel prize winner 1925   john bulls other island — pygmalion — st. joan	WILDE oscar wilde dramatist 1854-1900 the picture of dorian grey — lady windermere's fan — the importance of being earnest
William Butler Yeats (Sandymount, Co. Dublin 1865 - Menton, France 1939) Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature (Wikipedia).	George Bernard Shaw (Dublin 1856 - Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England 1950) Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. (Wikipedia).	Oscar Wilde (Dublin 1854 - Paris 1900) Irish writer and poet (Wikipedia).
MANGAN james clarence mangan poet 1803-1849 anthologia germanica — the poets & poetry of munster — dark rosaleen	DILLON eilís dillon novelist 1920-1994   children of bach   across the bitter sea   the island of horses	SWIFT jonathan swift satirist 1667-1745 a tale of a tub — drapiers letters — gullivers travels
James Clarence Mangan (Dublin 1803 - 1849) Irish poet (Wikipedia).	Eilís Dillon (Galway 1920 - Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England 1950) Irish author of 50 books. Her work has been translated into 14 languages (Wikipedia).	Jonathan Swift (Dublin 1667 - Dublin 1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin (Wikipedia).

Inscription(s)

DUBLIN CORPORATION PARKS DEPT. dublin millennium 988-1988 literary parade one of dublin's major contributions to european civilisation has been in the area of literature. it is remarkable that so many writers of world renkown were born here including three winners of the nobel prize for literature. this literary parade honours some of our distinguished sons of literature. st. patrick's park has been restored thanks to the generosity of jameson irish whiskey, and the publicans of dublin [logo's]

Annotation

The plaque for Dillon – the only woman in this parade – seems to be added later, since it is out of the chronological order of birth years and of a slightly different design. It was added after her death in 1994 – without changing the general signs, which speaks of "distinguished sons of literature" (also Behan is slightly out of the chronological order, being the youngest, he should have been the first). Also Beckett, died in 1989, has to be added later.

Coll created the portrait reliefs while Brennan designed the plaques and the lettering.

Sculptors

• Colm Brennan (Belmullet, Co. Mayo 1943), Irish sculptor; director of Cast Bronze foundry in Dublin (Website).
  
• Leo Higgins (Dublin 1951), Irish sculptor and director of Cast Bronze Foundry in Dublin (Information).

Sources & Information

• Art in Parks: A Guide to Sculpture in Dublin City Council Parks (Dublin, 2014) (PDF on-line).

Tags

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