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Terence MacSwiney Quay
(Town Hall)

Tomás Mac Curtain

Mourne Abbey 1884 - Cork 1920
Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork; elected January 1920, murdered 20 March 1920.
(Wikipedia)

Seamus Murphy
1986

Description

Bronze half figure. The statue forms a pair with the statue of Terence MacSwiney, with the text on the presentation in English.

Inscription(s)

tomas
maccurtain
1834-1920
lord mayor of
c o r k
30 january
20 march
1920

tomás
maccurtain
1884-1920
árdmhéara
chorcaí
30 eanáir-
20 márta 1920

comhairle
chontae chorcaí
a bhronn ar
chathair chorcaí
v.o. ceallacháin
cathaoirleach
g.o. suilleabháin
árdmhéara
meánfómhair
1986

Signature

D. Ó Murċada

Sculptor

Seamus Murphy - S. Ó Murcada (Burnfort near Mallow, Co. Cork 1907 - Cork 1975), Irish sculptor (Website).

Locatie (N 51°53'50" - W 8°27'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie155; Photograph: 15 June 2014
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