The Polestar is a monument located on the Port Bridge Roundabout
on the Derry Road. Its creator is a Derry man, Locky Morris. The site of the Polestar, on the Port
Bridge Roundabout, has had an historic past where trade and goods were
landed by boat and transported to the surrounding areas by rail and
road. The monument
is made of 104 timber poles and rises to a height of 12 metres. Its
shape alludes to the outline of a boat, as well as having a locomotive
(train track) theme, to commemorate the fact that both forms of
transportation played a major part in the town's development in the
past.
Info courtesy of Wikipedia.
These photos were taken from the bus window on the ride back to Killybegs.
The Workers is a monument made from stainless steel and stone and
is located at The Dry Arch Roundabout in the town. The monument was
created in 2001 by Maurice Harron.
The monument commemorates a generation of men who worked on building
the original bridge and train track at the Dry Arch. The piece of stone
in the monument, which the workers are lifting, is a piece saved from
the original bridge.
Info courtesy of Wikipedia.
