I use an iPhone in order to avoid attracting attention and much to my surprise I am now encountering many who wish to be included in my photographs and my policy is not to edit them out.
The Wooden Sculpture ‘Wood Quay’ by Michael Warren outside the offices of Dublin City Council is meant to invoke the prow of a Viking longship.
I am not a fan of the wooden sculpture located outside Dublin City Civic Offices at Wood Quay but now that it has been painted black it looks much better when seen from the North side of the river.
Michael Warren (born 1950 in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish sculptor who produces site-specific public art.
Inspired by Oisín Kelly, his art teacher at St Columba’s College, Michael Warren studied at Bath Academy of Art, at Trinity College, Dublin and, from 1971-75, at the Accademia di Brera in Milan. He now lives and works in Co. Wexford.
Michael’s Gateway, Corten sculpture, in Dún Laoghaire was less than popular with some local people calling for it to be removed and it was removed … I actually liked it.
At the northern entrance to the village of Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, is a sculpture by Michael Warren, depicting the thrones of the ancient seat of the Kings of South Leinster at Dinn Righ (The hill of the Kings). The Kings of Leinster lived near the village.
I could be wrong but if my memory serves me well this was an “experimental graffiti wall” sponsored by Dublin City Council as an extension to their Dublin Canvas programme.
Ormond Place, which I though was named Ormond Lane, is a laneway connecting Ormond Square to Arran Street and, via a narrow alleyway, to Ormond Quay.
Back in 2013 this was a good location for street art but a few years later all the art work was painted over and any new work is now painted over within weeks.
Michael John “Johnny” Giles (born 6 November 1940, in Ormond Square, Dublin, Ireland) is a former association footballer and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. Since retirement he has served as “the Senior Analyst” on RTÉ Sport’s coverage of association football.
Giles grew up in Ormond Square, a working-class area of inner-city Dublin, where he developed much of the skills that would aid him in becoming a professional footballer. He was encouraged to enter the game through his father Christy who played for Bohemians in the 1920s and managed Drumcondra during the 1940s.
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