Giant statue proposed for Derry!
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Check this out…….A giant statue of Colmcille proposed for Derry.
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el architino maybe
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Paris, Rio and New York?
I note the article doesn’t mention Baghdad.
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genius, pure genius. As long as it doesn’t go the same way as the giant Afghan Buddhas it’ll be ok. Any ideas for Dublin? Arthur Guinness, Bono, Bertie?
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It is hard to believe this is real. Are the clasps actually headlights?
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Remember when the Spire was being decided a guy kept writing to the paper demanding that a statue of “Christ the King” be erected instead – and they kept printing him as well!
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At the risk of diverging from the consensus, some years back I was passing through Le Puy en Velay where they have a 70 foot high pink Madonna overlooking the city – similar idea of being able to go up inside it etc.
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Got to say it made a pleasant enough – if a tad gimmicky – tourist attraction. One aspect of it that may also merit considering – given the North’s recent history – is that weaponry from the Crimean war was melted down in and used in the construction; there could be the potential there for some positive symbolism, perhaps?
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This thing will probably be built in the name of cultural parity…..spend the £15 mill on a statue of George Best or better still give it to Shells as a hand across the border exercise !!
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@Papworth wrote:
This thing will probably be built in the name of cultural parity…..spend the £15 mill on a statue of George Best or better still give it to Shells as a hand across the border exercise !!
Now thats what I like – positive thinking…Theres an excellent idea for parity between Belfast and Derry – build a Big Bestie to match on the Lagan! :p
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Sweet holy, his tits light up. Now where’s that foghorn?
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Please, oh please let them build this. It will be the single greatest monument ever erected.
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