River Gods of Ireland

[Pixel Eater]

I'm not sure if I'm on the correct forum but does anyone know about the River Gods statues on the side of the Custom House? Were they from Irish mythology or were they simply a fabricated by the architect for decoration?

I know they refer to the main rivers in Ireland, the main figure Anna Livia is also on O'Connell Bridge. Does anyone know which God refers to which river?

Any information would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

[Darlughda]

I think, the style of those kind of relishes to a building may have been all the rage in those days, so I would suspect it was a very deliberate feature of design, on the part of the architect.

The River in Irish Mythology, like a river in the Irish language is feminine, and these rivers names come from goddess archetypes within a range of the Irish pantheon.

[uch]

Eamonn Mac Thomáis did a documentary about Dublin whick he did a piece and explains who they are, I can't remember the details but if you Google him you might find it.

[dan1919breen]

check out dan1919breen site on utube,a lot of eamon mac thomais videos

[thomasmi]

will check it out interesting did`nt know of river gods????

[GhostInTheRuins]

I only found this out very recently, that the head on the back of the old £10 note was from the custom house and is meant to represent the river Liffey.

[Vagante]

Here is a bit of trivia about river Gods.
Danu was said to be an ancient celtic river Godess and there are many places and rivers named after her both in Ireland and in Europe but the most famous may well be the name of the river, the Danube.

[WindSock]

Here's a site that sells clay heads

No explanation on them. I have a wee book at home. I will post some info up about it when I get the time.