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Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

Harbour Road
(Coal Harbour Quay Parking)

King Laoghaire

Lóegaire mac Néill
High King of Ireland, reigned 428–458 AD
(Wikipedia)

Jackie McKenna
1999

Description

Plaque on a stone in a corner of a parking lot on the place where the castle of King Laoghaire once stood. The plaque shows the sea with ships at coast off Dún Laoghaire, and probly Laoghaire's sea fort (the image is not very clear). To the loft is a small relief showing the king.

Inscription(s)

LAOGHAIRE
KING OF TARA
HIGH KING OF IRELAND IN THE 5TH CENTURY
HAD HIS DUN (SEAFORT) HERE

unveiled on new years day 1999
by minister for foreign affairs
david andrews t.d.

The main text is now unreadable and is here copied from the Scoilnet website

Signature

Jackie? ? McKenna sculptor ...chy 199? (perhaps this is Jackie McKenna)

Sculptor

Jakki (Jackie) McKenna (Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim 1958), Irish sculptress (Website).

Sources & Information

Scoilnet, Placenames in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
dlr Heritage Events, Facebook.

Locatie (N 53°17'47" - W 6°8'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie377; Photograph: 22 June 2023
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