So a shack on a mountain top...

jimbis · 16-08-2017 10:40PM

I liked it, i went up to see it just 2 days before it was destroyed. Im a regular up around them mountains and i dont think it ruined any views what so ever. What about the giant Aerials that are an absolute (albiet essential) eyesore up there?

A local Councillor has raised the suggestion to have it rebuilt in marlay park.

Your Face · 16-08-2017 11:20PM

The Shaq Attack still going strong.

Junkyard Tom · 16-08-2017 11:25PM

Whatever happened to walking along the street muttering to yourself? Bloody hipsters.

uck51js9zml2yt · 16-08-2017 11:30PM

It was doing no harm and was a novel idea.
The ones who knocked it down where the vandals and litterbugs.
Imagine traipsing all the way up there with sledge hammers in the dark to knock it down...the mind boggles.

Other version..... hysteria, maniacs ...rabble rabble rabble:D

Poor Uncle Tom · 17-08-2017 12:00AM

The vandalism was putting that thing up there to begin with.....

Academic · 17-08-2017 12:11AM

Mountainsandh wrote: »

I've been a bit puzzled at the general reaction about this on Facebook, Thejournal etc... since yesterday, people shouting "vandals !" like you said.

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Anyone have a link to the Facebook discussion?

Ubbquittious · 17-08-2017 01:38AM

Love shack ... bebe Love shack

endacl · 17-08-2017 01:40AM

Hey, somebody made an artistic statement about their artistic statement. Surely the artists can get behind that? It's still there like?

Jesus Wept · 17-08-2017 02:58AM

It looked nice. Likely some disgruntled bitter local.

scoey · 17-08-2017 03:22AM

I think this piece of art as it currently exists in a heap on the ground makes a more interesting artistic statement in modern Ireland than it did before.

JupiterKid · 17-08-2017 05:28AM

Actually this has got me thinking - whatever happened to Achillhenge? Is it still there after almost a decade?

diomed · 17-08-2017 07:07AM

They should have called it an Installation.
That seems to boost the value of any pile.

whisky_galore · 17-08-2017 07:10AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Actually this has got me thinking - whatever happened to Achillhenge? Is it still there after almost a decade?

That reinforced concrete eyesore is still there.
Of course the guy that put that up is/was a developer and as you know those people are untouchable in this country.

Mountainsandh · 17-08-2017 10:38AM

Academic wrote: »

Anyone have a link to the Facebook discussion?

Sorry I don't have any specific discussion in mind other than reactions on articles about it, The journal, examiner... But reactions to the article share as opposed to reactions on the specific papers' websites.

Sofiztikated · 17-08-2017 11:02AM

BillyBobBS wrote: »

I think it was the right thing to do getting rid of it. You see a lot of this creeping into the Dublin/Wicklow mountains what with the mountain bike rentals, coffee shacks sure look what they want to do with the hell fire club ffs. Leave the mountains as is and keep the art and commercial crap for the towns and cities.

Yeah, **** anything that might help our piss poor development of attractions.

I mean, they went and put a walkway up the Cuilcagh mountains, and it's now a star attraction around the parts. How fucking dare they.

kylith · 17-08-2017 11:34AM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Yeah, **** anything that might help our piss poor development of attractions.

I mean, they went and put a walkway up the Cuilcagh mountains, and it's now a star attraction around the parts. How fucking dare they.

In a way I agree with BillyBob, I went for a walk up to the 3 Rocks a couple of months ago and it was a bit unsafe with the lads booting downhill on the mountainbikes. At least walkers and bikes should be separated.

Hotblack Desiato · 17-08-2017 12:34PM

The 'artists' missed a trick here.

Should've built a massive reinforced concrete eyesore on a mountaintop, called it a 'chapel' and started raking in the cash.

Mickeroo · 17-08-2017 12:38PM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

The 'artists' missed a trick here.

Should've built a massive reinforced concrete eyesore on a mountaintop, called it a 'chapel' and started raking in the cash.

Lets not forget this one in achill either....

Mountainsandh · 17-08-2017 03:51PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Yeah, **** anything that might help our piss poor development of attractions.

I mean, they went and put a walkway up the Cuilcagh mountains, and it's now a star attraction around the parts. How fucking dare they.

There's a difference between something that has been imagined, engineered, planned and discussed, by the local community or/and authorities, and something a bunch of artists decide to plunk somewhere because they like the concept with no prior consultation with ... anyone ?
There was nothing said in the article about these people having informed anyone of their project, I stand to be corrected.

kylith · 17-08-2017 04:21PM

Mickeroo wrote: »

Lets not forget this one in achill either....

Jesus... he could have at least prettied it up a bit. A few nice plants and a lick of paint would do it the world of good.

Dramatik · 17-08-2017 04:33PM

This thread needs a poll, it would be interesting to see who was for or against the work

17-08-2017 04:56PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Yeah, **** anything that might help our piss poor development of attractions.

I mean, they went and put a walkway up the Cuilcagh mountains, and it's now a star attraction around the parts. How fucking dare they.

Cuilcagh walkway is an eyesore that might be visible from outer space. Hard to think of a less sympathetic structure on our higher landscapes...

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kylith · 17-08-2017 05:08PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Cuilcagh walkway is an eyesore that might be visible from outer space. Hard to think of a less sympathetic structure on our higher landscapes...

Give it a few years and the wood will weather in.

end of the road · 17-08-2017 05:19PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I agree, those who demolished it should have gone a step further and completely removed the material from the site.

or they should have left it alone, and let the relevant council or authority remove it. those who removed it are still vandels as they have no authority to remove it.

17-08-2017 05:23PM

kylith wrote: »

Give it a few years and the wood will weather in.

Even still, the structure itself is far more obtrusive than boardwalks around places like the National Parks in Killarney and Wicklow that just use sleepers laid flat with no need for side railings, or the stone steps and flag paths in the Mournes.

Rumpy Pumpy · 17-08-2017 05:24PM

It was erected by an art collective, so the onus should be on the shower of pot-smoking crusties to remove the debris.

kylith · 17-08-2017 05:31PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Even still, the structure itself is far more obtrusive than boardwalks around places like the National Parks in Killarney and Wicklow that just use sleepers laid flat with no need for side railings, or the stone steps and flag paths in the Mournes.

Probably to do with that woman who sued when she fell on a walkway. If someone were to fall off it and get hurt the state would be liable.

Rumpy Pumpy · 17-08-2017 05:34PM

kylith wrote: »

Probably to do with that woman who sued when she fell on a walkway. If someone were to fall off it and get hurt the state would be liable.

The steps and park are in Fermanagh, which is part of the UK.

17-08-2017 05:37PM

kylith wrote: »

Probably to do with that woman who sued when she fell on a walkway. If someone were to fall off it and get hurt the state would be liable.

It was up before the initial decision in that case. If anything, it would seem to add to the potential for liability, the landowner is not liable at all to recreational users unless the land is altered in some way such as the installation of a structure. Furthermore, her claim was based on the fact that she fell on rotting wood and injured herself on nails. I'd say there's a fair few of them in that beaut! The State or any landowner may still be liable, the decision didn't change that, the appeal held that on the particular facts liability did not arise. And if no structure at all is put down, the landowner or State has no liability at all.

kylith · 17-08-2017 05:37PM

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

The steps and park are in Fermanagh, which is part of the UK.

Could still be the same deal.

So a shack on a mountain top...

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