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North Circular Road / Royal Canal Bank, D7 ☐
(Phibsborough Public Library)

River Run

artist unknown
2010

Description

Sculpture of a river (or canal) with barges designed by Dublin City Council Parks and Landscape Services to honour Dublin's designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. It is an element of a quote from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake: "a way a lone a last a loved a long the / riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs."

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in Dublin.
Urban Culture, The Dublin UNESCO city of literature show garden is in better condition than it was last year.

Locatie (N 53°21'38" - W 6°16'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie404; Photograph: 24 June 2023
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