Re: Re: British Symbolism on Buildings in Ireland

Queen Victoria Statue
Very familiar site if you’ve been to Sydney. The statue of Queen Victoria stood outside Leinster House until 1947, but was given to Australia as a gift in 1987 by the people of Ireland (after being in storage somewhere in Dublin for 50 years). A popular touist destination in Sydney is the Queen Victoria Building, and the statue is right outside that. It was made by an Irish man aswell, but I can’t think of his name.
Thanks for the pics. of all the maces’. I saw them last year in the Crawford when the Cork Silver exhibition was on. Extremely fascinating.
And Mr. X, I totally agree about the RNLI….. how they manage on donations I don’t know. It would be similar to having the fire brigade run on a charitable basis.
Did anyone mention the Royal Cork Yacht Club.