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2017 Frank Brault

Looking north from the front of O'Connell Bridge

O'Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland

Statue: Daniel O'Connell (Irish: Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator[1] or The Emancipator,[2] was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic emancipation—including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland.
Building Left: he General Post Office (GPO; Irish: Ard-Oifig an Phoist) in Dublin is the headquarters of An Post, the Irish Post Office, and Dublin's principal post office. Sited in the centre of O'Connell Street, the city's main thoroughfare, it is one of Ireland's most famous buildings, and was the last of the great Georgian public buildings erected in the capital... During the Easter Rising of 1916, the GPO served as the headquarters of the uprising's leaders.

Center Spire: the Spire of Dublin, alternatively titled the Monument of Light[1] (Irish: An Túr Solais),[2] is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument 120 metres (390 ft) in height,...The spire was designed by Ian Ritchie Architects,[4] who sought an "Elegant and dynamic simplicity bridging art and technology". Wikipedia

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Jeff Real27-Aug-2017 23:04
There is such interest in looking at the statue and its relationship to all of the people
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