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The river gods of Ireland keystone sculptures

Richiecats · 2009-11-01 19:18:44

I have been fascinated by the design of the keystone faces of the river gods at Custom House in Dublin, since I first saw them. I found that www.askaboutireland.ie have fantastic images of most of the fourteen unfortunately four are missing, being The Boyne, Erne, Lee & Liffey. If any one knows where you can find good…

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01-11-2009 8:18pm

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Richiecats

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I have been fascinated by the design of the keystone faces of the river gods at Custom House in Dublin, since I first saw them.

I found that www.askaboutireland.ie have fantastic images of most of the fourteen unfortunately four are missing, being The Boyne, Erne, Lee & Liffey.

If any one knows where you can find good quality images of the four missing ones, I would like to hear. While the originals are great the centuries have taken there toll, so photographs of them on the building is not what I am after.

Feel free to post any information about the stones or the river gods in general.

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