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MARIAN STATUE AT THE OLD BROADSTONE STATION [I APPEARS A BIT ISOLATED AT THE MOMENT]-155128
According to a local source this is properly known as the ‘Queen Of Peace’ statue.
This statue at Broadstone is a bit unusual in that it was erected in 1953 by railway and bus workers of CIE, a state transport company, on company property. I do not know who maintains the installation but it is in good condition. In any photographs that I have seen it appears to be painted white but in my photographs it appears to be unpainted concrete.
Until 2015 I did not know that there was a narrow walkway behind the statue or that there were steps leading up from the street below - the steps were closed to the public since the LUAS tram stop became operational but the construction hoardings have been recently removed.
There are hundreds of statues of the Virgin Mary dotted around Ireland and there are at least 26 so called Marian Statues in Dublin and most were put up in the Marian Year of 1954, when entire communities mobilised to erect a statue for their area.
As far as I can tell the majority are are still in good condition and regularly maintained by the people living nearby.
MARIAN STATUE AT THE OLD BROADSTONE STATION [I APPEARS A BIT ISOLATED AT THE MOMENT]-155128
According to a local source this is properly known as the ‘Queen Of Peace’ statue.
This statue at Broadstone is a bit unusual in that it was erected in 1953 by railway and bus workers of CIE, a state transport company, on company property. I do not know who maintains the installation but it is in good condition. In any photographs that I have seen it appears to be painted white but in my photographs it appears to be unpainted concrete.
Until 2015 I did not know that there was a narrow walkway behind the statue or that there were steps leading up from the street below - the steps were closed to the public since the LUAS tram stop became operational but the construction hoardings have been recently removed.
There are hundreds of statues of the Virgin Mary dotted around Ireland and there are at least 26 so called Marian Statues in Dublin and most were put up in the Marian Year of 1954, when entire communities mobilised to erect a statue for their area.
As far as I can tell the majority are are still in good condition and regularly maintained by the people living nearby.