O’ Connell Street, Dublin
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I was talking about the fountain but so what if there is a bit of maintenance! Water features add a lot to public spaces when done properly. Just look at how any other European country uses them. We just don’t do it properly here and I don’t agree with putting one outside the GPO but that’s no reason why we shouldn’t have one elsewhere in Dublin.
this is a bit of a change of topic but i always thought that we should make a huge glass (or perspex) dome to fit over larkin at christmas, then it could filled with artificial snow and giant fans which would switch on for a few seconds when you put a euro (for the poor or whatever) in a box. leaving it to fall gently on our hero.
Between Thurderbirdesque seating and giant snow globes this thread is getting very weird/creative. Its great. :p
The fountain on Wolfe Tone Quay has been running for a couple of months. The park there is also getting done up, and the railings repainted. Perhaps something to do with the brand new tram line running beside it?
Originally posted by notjim
this is a bit of a change of topic but i always thought that we should make a huge glass (or perspex) dome to fit over larkin at christmas, then it could filled with artificial snow and giant fans which would switch on for a few seconds when you put a euro (for the poor or whatever) in a box. leaving it to fall gently on our hero.They have something like that further up the street in the guise of the encased Sacred Heart statue ….I’m sure if ye shook it, snow would appear too.
Originally posted by notjim
this is a bit of a change of topic but i always thought that we should make a huge glass (or perspex) dome to fit over larkin at christmas, then it could filled with artificial snow and giant fans which would switch on for a few seconds when you put a euro (for the poor or whatever) in a box. leaving it to fall gently on our hero.:p That sounds so tacky! Bring it on.
encased Sacred Heart: the taxi drivers shrine, erected by Dublin’s taxi drivers to celebrate the marian year of 19 whatever, i have to say this is one of my favourite things on o’connell street, its so domestic somehow, its like something in someones house, only bigger.
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encased Sacred Heart: the taxi drivers shrine, erected by Dublin’s taxi drivers to celebrate the marian year of 19 whatever, i have to say this is one of my favourite things on o’connell street, its so domestic somehow, its like something in someones house, only bigger.what a load of nonsense. It’s another attempt by the Catholic fascist majority to shove their nonsensical beliefs down our throats
Stephen’s Green pond has to be dredged annually to take all the rubbish out of the bottom
yeah but have you seen what they take out ? its sludge & other crap not empty tayto bags … I suppose as the pond is surrounded by trees, many of which overhang, it gets clogged after the autumn …
what a load of nonsense. It’s another attempt by the Catholic fascist majority to shove their nonsensical beliefs down our throats
What a lovely tolerant place we live in…
Actually the statue was the only thing left from the bombardment of a building during the civil war and as it remained unscated (bit of a mirilce considering the state of the building) it was re-erected in the middle of some trees at the top of the street.
It’s nice and its harmless so leave it alone.
Originally posted by Sue
quote:what a load of nonsense. It’s another attempt by the Catholic fascist majority to shove their nonsensical beliefs down our throats
Here here. It’s the most horrid looking thing ever. It should be removed as part of the O’C rejuvination.
Originally posted by Sue
quote:what a load of nonsense. It’s another attempt by the Catholic fascist majority to shove their nonsensical beliefs down our throats
Here here. It’s the most horrid looking thing ever. It should be removed as part of the O’C rejuvination.
“Catholic fascist majority “, i can only imagine how insulting a statue of jesus must be to all of Irelands protestants and methodists etc. I like it, quirky little thing.
Originally posted by Sue
quote:what a load of nonsense. It’s another attempt by the Catholic fascist majority to shove their nonsensical beliefs down our throats
Sue, that is one of the harshest things I have seen written on this site. The various monuments and statues on O’Connell Street portray, for me, an interesting story of the various powers who have shaped Dublin and Ireland over the last 100-150 years.
Why?
The Father Mathew statue near the Sacred Heart is an awful looking thing too …and I say that not just because it’s connected with religion…but because it is a rather mediocre piece of sculpture. Humble I suppose like Father Mathew himself.
like phil said, it is part of the physical historical record and like Rory W and i said, it is quite appealing in a quirky and pecularily intimate way. i am amazed anyone would want rid of it, the healthy attitude to diversity is to allow the accreattion of culture articifact, not to remove anything that is not culturally neutral.
on the other hand, going back to GregF’s originally point, it would be tempting to have it filled with water and made home to a couple of goldfish, it would then become a monument to our emergence from faith into irony. i don’t know what the taxi-drivers would think.
on a similar note, is that religous dancing lady still around or was she removed in the renovations.
Oh she’s there alright – there only yesterday entertaining the hoards of tourists who have decended on the capital in the past two weeks 🙂
Jesus must be mortified incased in his PVC there – this is the only aspect of the statue that should be changed (the PVC that is!)
And a last thing on a water feature – yesterday was roasting, with a fantastic atmosphere in the city centre for anyone who was there, with the Boardwalk packed (with not enough seating) and as usual O’ Cll St a few degrees hotter than the rest of the city.
It would have wonderful to be able to sit at a waters edge on the street and have a Tangle Twister – no a Brunch, they’re nicer – and enjoy the sun instead of wearly plodding along in the heat.Water brings life and energy to urban spaces – one need only look at the atmosphere created by the small features in the Green alone. Maintenance really is not an issue – esp with tiled, efficient designs.
And on O’ Cll St yesterday virtually every tree on the median had bikes chained to them, with one tree having 4 attached! And people had to weave in and out of motor bikes there were so many behind the John Gray statue – and all this despite the new temporary park besdie the Spike.
This has got to stop.
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