Flicking through the old Adams & Mealy’s annual Independence auction catalogues, I was taken aback to find this wonderful piece from 2008. Valued at €18,000 to €25,000, ‘The Flying Column’ was a original heavy bronze Maquette for a statue which was designed to be placed on O’Connell Street.
This was, to quote the items entry in the catalogue, a statue designed by the sculpture Brid Ni Rinn to commemorate the War of Independence, submitted into a competititon which was later sadly cancelled.
The entry notes that ‘The individual figures are types, not portraits…The leader or captain of the group was not envisaged as anyone in particular, but it is easy to see the inspiration of Michael Collins.’
Spot Michael?
It reminded me of the wonderful statue in Roscommon from 1963 to local Volunteers there, interesting to think this could be standing in the spot home to the spire today!
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Donal
Ciarán
Sam
Come Here To Me! 
Indeed.
Godawful spire.
as a matter of interest are there any statues of women in town, apart from the countess outside the pool and the various virgin marys?
Margaret Ball at the Pro Cathedral, Countess at the pool and the tart with the cart?
There’s a brilliant one down by the Pepper Canister church in Mount St of a wee girl playing on a swing tied to a lamp post; think there’s also one of the Countess in Stephen’s Green
I don’t think I know that one Nightdub, by the pepper cannister?…I’m sure there’s a girl on a balcony overlooking the church but haven’t spotted that one. Of course there’s Maedbh at Connacht House too http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_reynolds/5072960653/ but I was thinking more along the lines of statues in memory of famous modern women a la the countess.
@Paul
Then there’s this lady (sometimes said to represent Oscar’s mother):
And these representative sculptures:
Barrow St.
Windsor Place
Liffey Street
Mount Street Crescent (think this is female but would have to go back and check it out if disputed)
This Wiki page can be useful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statues_in_Dublin
Also I thought there was another of the Countess in Stephen’s Green? Isn’t that where she was in charge of in 1916?
brilliant, yep I just found that Mount st one in my own too http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_reynolds/5565291905/
…as Nightdub mentions there’s a bust of countess in stephen’s green alright, in the central flower bed area – I just saw the gun she used (to shoot two soldiers?) in the green during the rebellion, they have it on display in Collins’ Barracks.
I didn’t realise that was supposed to be Oscar’s mum.
PS:
In the representative class there’s the Three Graces in Stephen’s Green at the Earlsfort Terrace gate.
There’s a statue of three nuns outside some centre of nundom on the 46A route just before you go over the canal.
@kbranno
It’s the Mercy Centre in Baggot St. Just nicked the above via Google Street view.
My Mount St. Crescent above is the one overlooking the Pepper Cannister Church.
@Paul
Oscar’s mother: That’s what the tour bus driver said. Declan I think his name was.
Dónal would know 🙂
And while everyone is in a geo-solving humour, why not come over here and have a go at the three still outstanding.
http://photopol.blogspot.com/search/label/Where%3F
Answers in the comments to the individual posts please.
I want to move on to some more.