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Réalt na Mara

Star of the Sea

Robert McColgan
2013

Description

Stainless steel star, 12 meter (36 feet tall), shaped like a compass rose. The sculpture reflects the heritage of Howth as a maritime community.

Inscription(s)

Réalt na Mara
Le Robert McColgan
Coimisiúnaithe in 2013
ag
Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall
(Scém Feabhsuchán Sráidbhaile Bhinn Éadair)
Le buíochas speisialta do An Roinn Talmhaíochta,
Bia agus Mara,
agus do Comhairle Pobail Bhinn Éadair/Cill Fhionntáin.

Réalt na Mara
(Star of the Sea)
By
Robert McColgan
Commissioned in 2013
By
Fingal County Council
(Howth Village Improvement Scheme)
With special thanks to the Department of Agriculture,
Food And Marine &c Howth/Sutton Community Council

Sculptor

Robert McColgan, Irish sculptor from Wicklow.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in Dublin.
Fingal Arts, Realt na Mára, Howth.
Fingal County Council, Réalt na Mara by Robert McColgan, Official Launch, Howth.

Locatie (N 53°23'27" - W 6°3'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie422; Photograph: 24 June 2023
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