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Recess - Sraith Salach
Co. Galway - Gaillimh

N59

The Connemara Giant

Ireland's only late 20th century 'antiquity'

Mark Joyce
1999

Recess - Sraith Salach / The Connemara Giant

Description

Statue made from cast concrete of a crouching giant with a long beard.
Except for this statue built 'for no apparent reason' Joyce's Craft Shop has built a monument 'on this site in 1897 nothing happened' (behind the statue) and on its facade a sign 'For those of you who like this sort of place this is the sort of place you like'.

Inscription(s)

this is
CONNEMARA
(conn son of the sea)
BUILT IN 1999
by joyces craft shop
for no apparent reason

Sculptor

Mark Joyce, of Joyce's Craft Shop (Directory of Crafts People).

Sources & Information

The Connemara Giant on Facebook.

Locatie (N 53°27'59" - W 9°44'21") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie299; Photograph: 20 June 2014
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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