Where the hell is the Rowan Gillespie statue on Cruises Street gone?

Poxyshamrock · 13-09-2007 3:23pm #1

I was walking up Cruises Street last night at 9 o'clock and noticed something different about Quimper Square (centre bit of cruises st) then I saw that the Statue of the woman playing the bodhran by Rowan Gillespie was gone and a big blob of tarmac was in its place. WTF like? Why take away a perfectly good statue for no reason? Also this statue is used alot on promotional shots of Limerick including Maps and Leaflets. She was also at the very centre of the Riverpoint Picture for 2007. Is the city only allowed a limited number of statues and when a new one is unveiled an old one taken away?

I know she actually served no purpose and she was a fictional person but it was a nice statue.
Anyone know anything about the disappearance?

highlydebased · 13-09-2007 4:28pm

Twas a bit battered, the last time I saw it. Dont go down that way much tbh

limerick_man · 13-09-2007 6:08pm

Aww... that is a lovely statue, why would they take it away.

Methinks The council probably sold it to Crusis Cafe (its their logo from when they opened after Bewleys closed beside the statue) to get some bob back from the Harris statue

Karmafaerie · 13-09-2007 7:48pm

Stop with the doom-saying lads!;)

As far as I know it's only getting a bit of a repair and clean.
I could be wrong, but I did hear something about it being cleaned, and maybe a new plinth a few months ago.

Poxyshamrock · 13-09-2007 7:55pm

Karmafaerie wrote:

Stop with the doom-saying lads!;)

As far as I know it's only getting a bit of a repair and clean.
I could be wrong, but I did hear something about it being cleaned, and maybe a new plinth a few months ago.

Karmafaerie, you're on the ball! She's been taken away due to vandalism and she'll be coming back with a new stronger plinth (like richard harris i'd say). Good to see the council are doing something good! Hopefully when she might come back with a plaque! After all I only found out tonight that she represents a traditional singer in Quimper, France.

Karmafaerie · 14-09-2007 5:37pm

Poxyshamrock wrote:

Karmafaerie, you're on the ball! She's been taken away due to vandalism and she'll be coming back with a new stronger plinth (like richard harris i'd say). Good to see the council are doing something good! Hopefully when she might come back with a plaque! After all I only found out tonight that she represents a traditional singer in Quimper, France.

Yeah , I was the same.
I only found out a few years ago that ther was a Limerick Square in Quimper!:D

highlydebased · 28-09-2007 7:59am

The Statue is back now, saw it yesterday. It has a new pedestal, and has Rowan Gillespie written on it. Seems to sit higher off the ground now also

Poxyshamrock · 28-09-2007 9:25pm

Nice one! good to see the council do something good for a change!

davemc06 · 03-10-2007 5:38pm

Great to hear!
Next time chill out about the statues James!

Poxyshamrock · 03-10-2007 11:32pm

Shut up Curtains!
The more statues the better...still only 4 in the city y'know.

bullets · 04-10-2007 7:46am

Who is the Statue of? and whats its link to Limerick ?

Did not see info on his site:
http://www.rowangillespie.com

Anytime I have passed it there are usually people sitting around it or
there are people busking.

~B

Poxyshamrock · 04-10-2007 6:03pm

bullets wrote:

Who is the Statue of? and whats its link to Limerick ?

Did not see info on his site:
http://www.rowangillespie.com

Anytime I have passed it there are usually people sitting around it or
there are people busking.

~B

The Statue is of a Singer from Quimper. It's link to Limerick is that Quimper is Limerick's twin city.

Where the hell is the Rowan Gillespie statue on Cruises Street gone?

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