A walking guide to Dublin statues and MonumentsThe Good, the bad and the UglyDublin is a walkers paradise, small and easy to get around, its ideal for a walking tour. This page gives you a guide to all the monuments and statues in and around Dublin. Dublin as a huge collection of statues and monuments from Molly Malone to James Joyce, Parnell to Wolfe Tone to the latest "the Spire". Here is a walking tour so you can get to see them all. Let's start at the top of with one of our greatest sons "Parnell" The Man himself Mr Charles Stewart Parnell and the Parnell Monument.
"No man shall have the right to fix the boundary to the march of a Nation "
Go soirbhighidh Dia Éire dá clainn. "That God may make Ireland flourish for her people."
Mr Parnell would turn in his grave if he could see the mess we have made of Ireland. It certainly did not "flourish" for most of the people.
Heading down from Parnell Square towards O''Connell street we come across the pretty impressive Garden of Remembrance.
Worth a visit just to enjoy the peace and quite and to view the lovely
Once back out front gate, turn right and head down the road
Moving on down the central island of O'Connell street we have a well know statue of Jesus enclosed in a glass case (located at taxi rank).
This one rarely makes any of the guide books but has been around at least 40 years but may have been replaced a few times with less sun
bleached lookalikes or stand-ins. False Gods maybe.
Moving swiftly along the central island we come across BIG Jim Larkin, "The great are not great, the great only appear great, because we are on
our knees. Let us rise.". Theses words ring true today just as they did back in 1913.
",[16] "Bertie's Erection",[16] "The Stick in the Sick",[16] "The Spire in the
Mire",[citation needed] "The Poker near Croker",[citation needed], "The Erection in the Intersection", "The Nail in the Pale".[citation needed],[citation needed] "The Pin in the Bin",
Dublin Martyrs - Cathedral Street
James Joyce - North Earl Street "The Prick with the Stick"
 James Connolly - Beresford Place
   Thomas Davis - College Green
  Henry Grattan - College Green
Oliver Goldsmith - College Green
Edmund Burke - College Green
Thomas Moore - College Street
William Lecky - Trinity College
▪ Molly Malone - Grafton Street
Phil Lynott - Harry Street "The Ace with the Bass"
 
Smithfield Village chimney "The Flue with the View" (Now Closed down due to "health and Safety"
Joker's Chair - A chair, for a memorial to Dermot Morgan in Merrion Square.
Wellington Monument - Phoenix Park
Phoenix Monument - Phoenix Park
Papal Cross - Phoenix Park - 1978 over 1 million people attended a mass by Pope John Paul 2nd. "Young people of Ireland, I love you" Famous Pope words on visiting ireland.
Two Women - Lower Liffey Street
- "The Hags with the Bags" or "The Slags with the Bags"
The Fusiliers' Arch - memorial to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers[17] - St Stephen's Green
Lost or relocated monuments and statues
The Anna Livia monument also know as (The Whore in the Sewer or The floozie in the Jacuzzi) was paid for by Michael Smurfit in honour of his late father.
It arrived in Dublin in 1988 as part of the Millennium celebrations back in the year 1988. This comprised a water feature made of bronze depicting the river Liffey flowing.
On many occasions someone would add a bottle of washing up liquid which resulted in one huge bubble bath.
It was moved in 2001 and relocated to the Croppy Acre memorial park next to the River Liffey close to Heuston train station.
Nelsons Pillar.
Blown up by a Dubliner (who is well know in Irish Republican circles) back in 1966 being the (50th anniversary of the Dublin Rising of Easter 1916. I once or twice heard
him retelling the story of how he went about out carrying out operation Humpty Dumpty. Story goes he actually had to abandon the operation the night before (March 7tth)
and come back on the following night March 8th as the detonator was faulty.
He actually went back into the PIllar, just before closing time, paid another 6D (6 cents), climbed back up the steps, took back the bomb and went off to have it checked.
The following night all went to plan, at around 2 am the Pillar came thumbing down, toppling old Nelson from his thrown, leaving just the main stump still intact.
A few days later the Irish army were called in to blow up the remains. The Army of course had not blown up anything in nearly 40 years made a right mess of it and blew
out nearly every window in the street. Nelsons head did survive and has finally found a home at the Gilbert Library, in Pearse Street.
he Man himself Mr Charles Stewart Parnell and the Parnell Monument.
"No man shall have the right to fix the boundary to the march of a Nation "
Go soirbhighidh Dia Éire dá clainn. "That God may make Ireland flourish for her people."
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