Wilde about Oscar
Situated in a corner of Merrion Square, a public park in Dublin city centre, this unconventional statue sees Oscar Wilde looking across the road to number 1 Merrion Square, the house in which he grew up.
The statue was sculpted by Danny Osborne and unveiled in 1997. It's made up of a several exotic rock types, including larvikite (blue pearl granite) from the Oslo Fjord, green nephrite jade from Canada, pink thulite from Norway, and black Indian granite, all of which contirbutue to its distinctive colours.
Wilde about Oscar
Situated in a corner of Merrion Square, a public park in Dublin city centre, this unconventional statue sees Oscar Wilde looking across the road to number 1 Merrion Square, the house in which he grew up.
The statue was sculpted by Danny Osborne and unveiled in 1997. It's made up of a several exotic rock types, including larvikite (blue pearl granite) from the Oslo Fjord, green nephrite jade from Canada, pink thulite from Norway, and black Indian granite, all of which contirbutue to its distinctive colours.