A hot day in County Wexford. Driving up lanes and driving down back roads. At last, found at the end of a nature ramble. A monument to bravery. The cool interior of Tulach a' tSolais was a surprise. The silence too.
Sculptor Mark Richards' work marks the location of the new-look Shackleton Museum. The statue of Ernest Shackleton is 3.5 meters high and shows Shackleton: the explorer, with large polar mittens and boots, his arms crossed; pensive yet determined. He is standing on a representation of the icy landscape he was so drawn to, an alternative to a plinth...
Browne Clayton column, (1839-1841) by Thomas Cobden, Carrigbyrne, Wexford.
Three Bullets Gate, Austin McQuinn, New Ross. Pen and Ink, Liam O'Neill, New Ross library
Sunny day in Louth. Guiding Star by Rachel Joynt (2009) at Port Oriel Harbour, Clogherhead