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Shackleton was born 150 years ago yesterday 15th February 1874 near Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Athy is where my statue of @ernestshackletonathy stands, just beside the @shackletonmuseumathy, looking South. @reallorraine
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🚦 Have you heard OUR exciting NEWS?
We are delighted to announce that our 2024 PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture, Fountains and Conservation Guest Judge is renown public sculptor Mark Richards FRSS 🌟 READ here instagram.com/p/C3XkRino0y-/…
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Yesterday my brilliant LBC colleague @charlotterlynch was arrested by @HertsPolice for *doing her job* and reporting on a protest. It was a scary few hours when we lost contact, and I just cannot imagine what it was like for her being handcuffed & put in a cell. In Britain. 2022.
Thank you #mickcassidy for this brooding picture of #rogercasement sculpture Dún Laoghaire harbour #scotsmansbay #rogercasementsculpture #rogercasementstatue
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Fabulous to meet @ColmKennyGreen from the Greens… and by coincidence brother to my terrific friend #kevinkenny This is Ireland after all… pleasure to make your acquaintance Colm
What a day yesterday in#Kildare @KildareCoCo unveiling #squiresgannon statue. A joy to meet Leas Cathaoirleach Joe Neville and GAA Uachtaráin @mccartla and of course to work with my dream arts officer @RussellLucina
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A large gathering saw @markxrichards Bill "Squires" Gannon sculpture unveiled in Mkt Sq. Kildare town today. Met many All Ireland legends & local decendants of the 1st team to win #SamMaguire Cup in 1928. Great use of public realm space to commemorate sporting heroes. @KfmSport – at Kildare, Ireland
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Do you have any photographs of the Dún Laoghaire Baths that you would like to share?
We are planning an exhibition on the history of the Baths which will coincide with the opening this Autumn.
Please email your photographs to [email protected] by Monday, 19th September.
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Official unveiling of SquiresGannon artwork by @markxrichards Sunday 25 Sept Market Sq Kildare. All welcome. Assemble at 11am sharp to hear @artaneband @KildareGAA @KildareCoCo @ie_publicart #sammaguire
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Statue of Bill Squires Gannon by @markxrichards unveiled tomorrow is testament to role of GAA healing the 1920s, 1 of 2 on 1928 @KildareGAA team who took arms against treaty playing alongside 4 pro-treaty army men on the team @monuments_gaa @HistIrl #decadeofcentenaries.
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6 years ago today this @markxrichards masterpiece was unveiled at the @ShackletonMus Athy, 100 years to the day after the incredible rescue of the stranded Elephant Island 22. ‘I felt jolly near blubbing for a bit and could not speak for several minutes’ Frank Wild exclaimed
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Bravo Squadron supported the Vernon Monument dedication ceremony today. Such a privilege to meet so many of the incredible characters who are all part of the rich history of the Royal Navy Clearance Diving and Mine Warfare branches @RoyalNavy #divenavy #bombfrog 💣🐸
'A treasure trove of drawings...' I am selling all my figure studies, at 'ludicrously low prices!', via the #artistsupportpledge Please visit
markrichardssculpture.com/po… #figuredrawing #drawings
….I swam in a river last summer. I clambered out of the water, and up a shallow part of the otherwise steep bank, to where a man was standing with his dog…..
….I asked whether he ever swam here. He replied, ‘I wouldn’t let my dog swim in that’. We talked. He works in the sewage industry and told me of the 35,000 litres of untreated sewage that is pumped into this river every day, under a mile upstream from where we stood…..