The Garden of Remembrance
Christmas Morning '07. Parnell Square, Dublin. Designed by Daithí P. Hanly, to honour the memory of all those who gave their lives for Irish Freedom.
The Children of Lir sculpture is an impressive focal point in the garden. It was designed by Oisin Kelly, cast in the Marinelli Foundry in Florence and unveiled in 1966. It symbolises that people are often changed utterly by significant events (in this case the Easter Rising of 1916).
President Eamon de Valera opened the Garden of Remembrance on Easter Monday 1966, the golden jubilee of the 1916 Rising. The floor of the sunken pool displays a mosaic pattern of blue and green waves interspersed with ancient weaponry. The spears are shown broken following the Celtic custom of throwing weapons into rivers and lakes as offerings to the gods when hostilities ended.
See another view here
The Garden of Remembrance
Christmas Morning '07. Parnell Square, Dublin. Designed by Daithí P. Hanly, to honour the memory of all those who gave their lives for Irish Freedom.
The Children of Lir sculpture is an impressive focal point in the garden. It was designed by Oisin Kelly, cast in the Marinelli Foundry in Florence and unveiled in 1966. It symbolises that people are often changed utterly by significant events (in this case the Easter Rising of 1916).
President Eamon de Valera opened the Garden of Remembrance on Easter Monday 1966, the golden jubilee of the 1916 Rising. The floor of the sunken pool displays a mosaic pattern of blue and green waves interspersed with ancient weaponry. The spears are shown broken following the Celtic custom of throwing weapons into rivers and lakes as offerings to the gods when hostilities ended.
See another view here