I have, for various reasons delayed publishing these photographs for almost two months.
Harcourt Terrace is a well preserved Regency and Victorian terrace located in Dublin City, Ireland. It links the Grand Canal at Charlemont Place with Adelaide Road, near the National Concert Hall.
The terrace first appears on maps in 1833, and is named after Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt.
According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Harcourt Terrace, built around 1830, is “acknowledged as Ireland’s finest surviving group of Regency houses”. The decoration on the terrace is based on the Parthenon marbles, an exhibit in the British Museum since 1816. The terrace was built by Charles Jaspar Joly, son of Jean Jaspar Joly, private secretary to Lord William Fitzgerald.
The building in which the current Wilder townhouse resides was built 1878 as a nursing home for retired governesses.
Nos. 1 to 11 and 21-22 Harcourt Terrace are Protected Structures.
Michael MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards lived in No. 4 Harcourt Terrace up until the late 1970s. The artist Sarah Purser had a studio in No 11. Harcourt Terrace. The director of the National Library of Ireland, Thomas William Lyster lived at No. 11.
This life sized statue of Patrick Kavanagh sitting on one side of a park bench is by John Coll and it was unveiled in June 1991. It is situated on the north bank of the Grand Canal across from Mespil Road. Previously, I incorrectly described it as being on Mespil Road when it is, in fact, at Wilton Terrace. I have noticed that a number of other accounts describe it as being on Mespil Road … I hope that I am not responsible for such errors. Note: When I was young Wilton Terrace was a very active red-light area at night.
Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 – 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist. His best-known works include the novel Tarry Flynn, and the poems “On Raglan Road” and “The Great Hunger”. He is known for his accounts of Irish life through reference to the everyday and commonplace. He also played as a goalkeeper for his local Gaelic football club.
John Coll is one of Ireland’s most prominent figurative sculptors. He has sculpted many works of national importance including monuments to the poet Patrick Kavanagh and the writer Brendan Behan on the Dublin canals. Other large-scale projects include a monument to Countess Markievicz in Rathcormac, Co Sligo and locally a life-size portrait of the racehorse “Bobby-Jo” in Mountbellew, Co Galway.
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