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One of several Monkfish on ice at O'Connell's fishmongers in The English Market in Cork city. Pat O'Connell famously met & joked with the Queen when she visited the market in 2011. HWW!
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Originally designed and built by James Gandon, O'Connell Bridge was built in 1794-98 and named aftyer the then Viceroy - Lord Carlisle.
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Dublin Bus (Summerhill) Volvo B7TL / Alexander Dennis ALX400 AX 634 (06-D-30634) on O' Connell Bridge, Dublin 7th May 2022.
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ENGLISH:
The Spire of Dublin, alternatively titled the Monument of Light[1] (Irish: An Túr Solais), is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument 120 metres (390 ft) in height, located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland.
The spire was designed by Ian Ritchie Architects, who sought an "Elegant and dynamic simplicity bridging art and technology". The contract was awarded to SIAC-Radley JV and it was manufactured by Radley Engineering of Dungarvan, County Waterford, and erected by SIAC Construction Ltd & GDW Engineering Ltd.
The first section was installed on 18 December 2002. Construction of the sculpture was delayed because of difficulty in obtaining planning permission and environmental regulations. The Spire consists of eight hollow stainless steel cone sections, the longest being 20 m (66 ft), which were installed on 21 January 2003. It is an elongated cone of diameter 3 m (9.8 ft) at the base, narrowing to 15 cm (5.9 in) at the top. It features two tuned mass dampers, designed by engineers Arup, to counteract sway. The steel underwent shot peening to alter the quality of light reflected from it.
The pattern around the base of the Spire is based on a core sample of rock formation taken from the ground where the spire stands and the DNA double helix. The pattern was applied by bead blasting the steel through rubber stencil masks whose patterns were created by water jet cutting based on core sample drawings supplied by the contractor. The design around the 10 m (33 ft) lower part of the Spire was created by the architects making a 3D pattern model combining the core sample and double helix and then digitally translated to a 2D image drawing supplied to the contractor and used by specialists for cutting the masking material.
At dusk, the base of the monument is lit and the top 10 m (33 ft) is illuminated through 11,884 holes through which light-emitting diodes shine.
The monument was commissioned as part of a street layout redesign in 1999. O'Connell Street had declined for a number of reasons such as the proliferation of fast food restaurants and the opening of bargain shops using cheap plastic shop fronts which were unattractive and obtrusive; the existence of derelict sites; and the destruction in 1966 of Nelson's Pillar following a bombing by former IRA members.
The Anna Livia monument was installed on the site for the 1988 Dublin Millennium celebrations. In the 1990s, plans were launched to improve the streetscape. The number of trees in the central reservation, which had overgrown and obscured views and monuments, was reduced dramatically. This was controversial, as the trees had been growing for a century. Statues were cleaned and in some cases relocated. Shop-owners were required to replace plastic signage and frontage with more attractive designs. Traffic was re-directed where possible away from the street and the number of traffic lanes was reduced to make it more appealing to pedestrians. The centrepiece of this regeneration was to be a replacement monument for Nelson's Pillar, the Spire of Dublin, chosen from a large number of submissions in an international competition by a committee chaired by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Joe Doyle. The Anna Livia monument was moved to make way for the Spire in 2001.
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ESPAÑOL:
El Spire de Dublín, oficialmente denominado Monumento de la Luz (en inglés Monument of light), es una larga escultura de acero inoxidable situada en la calle O'Connell, una de las calles más céntricas de la capital irlandesa. Con sus 120 metros de altura, el Spire se considera la escultura más alta del mundo.
La obra fue diseñada por el estudio británico Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd y consiste en un gran cono que en su base tiene 3 metros de diámetro y que se va estrechando hasta los 15 centímetros en su extremo superior. Su construcción comenzó el 18 de diciembre de 2002 con la colocación de la primera de las 6 secciones que componen el monumento, la última de las cuales se instaló el 21 de enero de 2003.
En su ubicación actual se encontraba anteriormente la Columna de Nelson, en honor al almirante Horatio Nelson que fue destruida por una bomba colocada por el IRA en 1966 y su construcción se debió a un plan diseñado en 1999 para revitalizar una zona que estaba en claro declive desde los años 70.
Pedestrians waiting to cross the street at O'Connell Bridge.
Junction of O'Connell Bridge and Burgh Quay - Dublin - Ireland
Dublin Bus (Phibsboro) Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 GT 159 (132-D-11611) on O' Connell Street. Dublin 7th May 2022, with a wrap for Bohemian Football Club.
Traffic from Westmoreland Street making for O'Connell Bridge and the northside of the city.
Junction of Westmoreland Street and O'Connell Bridge - Dublin - Ireland
Dublin Bus (Phibsboro) Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 GT 159 (132-D-11611) on O' Connell Street. Dublin 7th May 2022, with a wrap for Bohemian Football Club.
Photo 1- Summerhill's AX630 is pictured taking heavy loadings at the 16 stop on O'Connell Street with crowds heading for Marley Park. (18/07/15).
57 OCONNELL Johnny (usa) BRYANT Oliver (gbr) PATTERSON Mark (usa) Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 team AAI action during the 2016 Le Mans 24 hours tests and qualifications, from June 15 to 16 at Le Mans circuit, France - Photo Francois Flamand / DPPI
57 OCONNELL Johnny (usa) BRYANT Oliver (gbr) PATTERSON Mark (usa) Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 team AAI action during the 2016 Le Mans 24 hours tests and qualifications, from June 15 to 16 at Le Mans circuit, France - Photo Francois Flamand / DPPI
The lives of mass's of moving mankind are dictated by automation, even the simple act of crossing a street is automated.
Standing on my right is a couple of Japanese girls engaging their time is the obligatory selfies.
Behind them stands what is obviously a office worker dressed in the obligatory pointy toes shoes and a blue coloured suit, he is deeply engaged in the happenings on the screen of his mobile phone.
A couple of backpackers are deeply engaged in conversation over a street map, speaking in their own language they are obviously discussing their next move.
On the street an irate motorist is becoming increasingly frustrated at the taxi that has stopped in the middle of the street blocking the free flow of traffic to pick up a fare.
The middle aged couple behind me start to argue over what seems to be a private financial matter, yet all those around can hear the details being discussed.
Suddenly the little Red Man changes colour to Green so we then our lives suddenly disperse and we all go our own way each of us completely unaware of the street theatre that we played out.
A street theatre that is played out daily at millions of traffic lights daily.
OÇonnell Street, CBD, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The portico’d building is where the Easter Rising of 1916 began, the event that ultimately led to Irish independence. O’Connell Street is also a busy public transport thoroughfare. A representative pair of buses pass by, now sporting the colours of TFI (Transport for Ireland), the unified bus transport authority.
Odyssey Above was a collaborative immersive installation event held by Caitlin O’Connell and Tomas Palmer. We were interested in the idea of the sacred, communal experience and memory. We created a new exhibition/clubbing space within the Assembly Hall using over 100m of handmade curtains. Sculpture and print work were also exhibited within the space. Audience members entered a dark, seemingly empty space and were instructed to congregate within a lowered lighting truss. Organ music, transposed from the Ibiza club track Opus, played while the atmosphere built inside the space. Once all members of the audience were inside, the truss began to rise around them, establishing a new internal space. Multi-spouted bowls were passed amongst the audience and they were encouraged to share a drink from the same receptacle. An ambiguous framed image rose with the curtains, creating a focal point above a 3m tall metal sculpture at one end of the space - an altar of sorts. When the curtains had reached their full height of 5.5m the music came to it’s climax, the lights went off and DJs, 100% Positive Feedback and Dressin Red, began to play music evoking a sense of dawn. The audience initiated the space with dance.
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