09 November, 2020

the triskle heads

by Brendan McGloin.  Three heads carved in one block of Limestone set upon a sandstone column with a capping stone between, reading the names of the three masters in Gaelic. The figure represents the Fourth master, Michael Cleary , a monk whom though of the idea to cronical the history of Ireland and brought together the three other men to research and compile the Annals of the Four Masters.
Triskle Heads, 2002
The Triskle Heads are 2 meters x 5 meters in size, carved from a single block of granite and rests upon a plinth made up of four sandstone blocks which represent the annals and is located in front of the Bundoran Library, Bundoran, Co. Donegal.
Info courtesy of Donegal County Council Public Art (DCCPA)







35 comments:

  1. Very interesting. Thank you so much, Bill. Is this near where you live?

    God bless.

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  2. Hi Bill.

    Nicely made, this is Bill.

    Greetings from Patricia.

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  3. Prachtig deze monumenten Bill, Mooie koppen.
    Groet Kees

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  4. That statue must have been quite an undertaking and I must say that your last picture shows a surprised looking face.Of course, the person designed thought it would never work.

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  5. Wouldn't want to meet any of them in a dark alley!

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  6. ...the eyes in the last image are haunting.

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  7. They look a bit frightening, the expressiom of the last photo is a bit scary.

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  8. Those eyes do pop.
    Good to see that and the history.
    Take care.

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  9. Impressive sculpture and interesting history. The faces are quite expressive.

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  10. I love what sculptor, Brendan McGloin, had accomplished. And now I want to know more about that history!

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  11. It's hard to keep languages from smaller groups. Some of our aboriginal languages are gone and some are almost gone.

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  12. Interesting carving. Good that it commemorates history, but the last photo shows a surprised expression. Also is this carving in limestone or granite? You mention both.

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    1. I got the info from the donegal public arts site and they did mention both so I don't really know and can't find any more info on it.

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  13. great carved... beautiful images.
    Have a wonderful day

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  14. Looks good but the eyes kinda freaked me out!

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  15. They look a bit surprised about being up on top of that column.

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  16. Very powerful, Bill! It is something I know nothing about.

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  17. The heads look so realistic. Very impressive!

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  18. Buena idea, par adifundir el conocimiento de esas grandes figuras.

    Besos

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  19. Bill, thank you for answering my question. I still like the sculpture.

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  20. How amazing. To chronical history is important to the lives that follow.

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  21. They're kinda scary, actually. Cool history, though.

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  22. Interesting bit of history. He looks afraid or surprised and are a bit scary looking.

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  23. Interesting carving of three heads on the pillar.

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  24. They do look a wee bit surprised to be there Bill 😉

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  25. Many thanks for sharing these photographs and interesting history.

    All the best Jan

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  26. Now that is interesting. As someone already said---they do look a bit surprised to be there. LOL
    MB

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  27. I had scared when I saw the last picture :)

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