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Pointless roadside art.

whisky_galore

Just passed that roofless house type thing at Junction 10 in Co Tipp. Has a small plaque in front that obviously you can't see travelling at any speed.

What the hell is it, and what's your favourite pointless piece of roadside art?

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ednwireland

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sbsquarepants

I like the horses on the roundabout at the entrance to Kildare Village shopping outlet - reminds me of the famine monument on the quays in Dublin and also game of thrones zombie horses:D

Cantona's Collars

BuboBubo wrote: »

There's a stainless steel tree with random stuff on it between Enniscorthy and New Ross. There's an unfathomable installation between New Ross and Wexford nobody can make sense of.

I actually like that ball in Naas

I think the one on the N25 between New Ross and Wexford was designed so as you approach it,they amalgamate to form something. A kind of optical illusion.

OldMrBrennan83

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I like the horses on the roundabout at the entrance to Kildare Village shopping outlet - reminds me of the famine monument on the quays in Dublin and also game of thrones zombie horses:D

There's some cows like that on the roundabout near the new Circle K on the M8 at Fermoy.

Edit - well, kind of like that. Not as much as I thought.

OldMrBrennan83

Is there anything on the way to Galway (M4/M6)? It's the grimmest road in the country to travel on so could do with one every few km.

sbsquarepants

The cows are cool too!

I like most of the roadside stuff I have to say, I can't quite figure out what the thing at citywest on the N7 is though, can't find a photo of it, it's like 3 or 4 oval birdcages stuck to a pole. It lights up but the bulbs are always blowing.

That ones a bit stupid I reckon.

Aglomerado

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

There's some cows like that on the roundabout near the new Circle K on the M8 at Fermoy.

Edit - well, kind of like that. Not as much as I thought.

That's the cow-ndabout. (Gets coat)

LirW

Can't believe the hedgehog before Gorey wasn't mentioned yet. That thing is 100% rust.

blackbox

I really like the hedgehog on the N11.

The butterflies do nothing for me. Similarly the deconstructed Bridget's crosses on the N7 are meh.

Church on Tuesday

kneemos wrote: »

A lot of it is good in fairness. Not sure what it adds to humanity though.

It brightens up the place, esp soulless motorways.

Iwouldinmesack

The one of the Irish warrior and the two wolfhounds at the entrance to newbridge is excellent.

antodeco

Muahahaha wrote: »

Has to be the Naas ball. Like after an hour plus long slog of a commute do people really want to be looking at a giant ball covered in road markings?

Whats worse is the 'artists' stiffed the local county council for €110,000 for that abomination, its like some sort of Celtic Tiger joke that has gone on for too long

Ha, never realised they were road markings!

Plopsu

o1s1n wrote: »

It's the negative space between the letters 'I' and 'f' ..I think!

Pretty sure the title is actually 'Negative If'. When I see it I think, " 'If' that wasn't there, the money could have been used for something worthwhile".

I do like some of the telephone cabinet graffiti style stuff.

AtomicHorror

I like the big ball at Naas. My kids are fascinated by it. By contrast, the flower/windmill things on the M7 and the coloured cage thing at Citywest don't even register with them. That's a good test in my view.

Did I hear a story of the Big Ball breaking lose and rolling across the road some years back, or was that just a very obvious dream my lazy-ass subconscious came up with?

Church on Tuesday

https://twitter.com/bealachandoirin/status/736262135022559232

Quite like this outside Ballaghadereen, probably the only cool thing there.

Tell me how

I like the bull near J25 on M7 mentioned above.

Also like Cuchullain and his hounds near the Curragh

whisky_galore

Danny_B wrote: »

And then the infamous violin on the N5 Bypass in Longford.

Has a bit of kitsch value, like Australian 'big things', enormous sculptures of, well....things in various towns.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%27s_big_things

Graces7

My favourite is the unicorn on the Cork to Killarney road,

jim o doom

Iwouldinmesack wrote: »

The one of the Irish warrior and the two wolfhounds at the entrance to newbridge is excellent.

That is class, I hadn't seen it before.

Tell me how

Also love this one from the Killarney roundabout in Dingle.

Reminds me of my parents.

von Smallhausen

o1s1n wrote: »

It's the negative space between the letters 'I' and 'f' ..I think!

Yeah, that's what I have been told anyway. Strange one though.

ArchXStanton

Those miniature beehive huts on the M1 look cool, like a little village

Irish Guitarist

....... wrote: »

The Naas ball is actually a time capsule and has some stuff inside it.

As another poster mentioned, it annoys me that I just whizz past and dont get to read the info or even get the name.

Theres a boot Ive seen on the roadside in Carlow before - at least I think its a boot. I heard it was Leighlins boot - but who knows?

Micheal D Higgins is responsible for a lot of it.

I like it - I think public art is a good thing.

Two 'boots' assuming you mean the sculpture I think you do. Actually they're meant to be thrones. https://www.tripadvisor.ie/Attraction_Review-g551480-d8750412-Reviews-Seat_of_the_Kings_of_South_Leinster_Sculpture-Leighlinbridge_County_Carlow.html

TheIrishGrover

.......

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Two 'boots' assuming you mean the sculpture I think you do. Actually they're meant to be thrones. https://www.tripadvisor.ie/Attraction_Review-g551480-d8750412-Reviews-Seat_of_the_Kings_of_South_Leinster_Sculpture-Leighlinbridge_County_Carlow.html

At thats it!!!

So much for local knowledge

DEFTLEFTHAND

What about those hand yokes on the Kildare bypass?

tgdaly

Duffryman wrote: »

It's actually up to one per cent - https://publicart.ie/main/commissioning/funding/per-cent-for-art-scheme/

Think it's a horrendous waste of money myself. Could provide extra facilities for local communities instead. Maybe a playground or a riverside walk or upgraded community hall or sports facilities or the like.

There you go, even more than I thought it was! Agreed, huge waste of money, the 0.1% I thought it was would in fact be a more suitable figure

The J Stands for Jay

Feisar wrote: »

with the exception of the three lads with their arms raised between Tullamore and Mullingar.

The only complaint I have about those three lads is that they're not somewhere that more people would get to see them. I'm a big fan of them.

The J Stands for Jay

AtomicHorror wrote: »

I like the big ball at Naas. My kids are fascinated by it. By contrast, the flower/windmill things on the M7 and the coloured cage thing at Citywest don't even register with them. That's a good test in my view.

Did I hear a story of the Big Ball breaking lose and rolling across the road some years back, or was that just a very obvious dream my lazy-ass subconscious came up with?

I'd heard that the ball leaked and the time capsule was ruined.

murpho999

I like the roadside art. Particularly the Naas ball. Think it looks great.

Not everything in life has to have a point. Somethings just look nice and add to the area.