Modern sculpture, Dublin
Sculptures and monuments can be found all over
Dublin
city. The clever Irish never miss an opportunity to inflict a witty (and somewhat disparaging) nickname on objects of public domain. They are often ironic and bawdy in nature, so those of delicate sensibilities may not want to read on: Two Women on
Liffey Street
(pictured above) are known as the “Hags with the Bags”. The Spire of Dublin on O'Connell St. has earned the names “Stiletto in the Ghetto”, “Spire in the Mire”, “Spike in the Dyke” “Poker near Croker” “Erection at the Intersection”, ''Stiffy by the Liffey” and “Nail In The Pale”. Phil Lynott on
Harry Street
has been called “The Ace with the Bass”. Despite having written the masterpiece “Ulysses” James Joyce (
North Earl St.
) is not immune, being called the “Prick with the Stick” or “The Dublin Pimp”. James Connolly at
Beresford Place
is curiously called the “Aggravator with the Rotovator”. Molly Malone on
Grafton Street
has been called the “Tart with the Cart” or “Trollop with the Scallops”. Oscar Wilde at
Merrion
Square
Park
is also known as “Quare in the Square” or the “Fag on the Crag”. And Thomas Davis in College Green, “Frankenstein” or “Urination once again”.
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