Pointless roadside art.

ednwireland · 01-04-2019 1:12pm

ballyshannon bypass donegal

sbsquarepants · 01-04-2019 1:17pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:17pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:18pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:23pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:24pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:37pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:42pm

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

blackbox · 01-04-2019 1:43pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:45pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:45pm

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

antodeco · 01-04-2019 1:50pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:51pm

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 · 01-04-2019 1:56pm

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 · 01-04-2019 2:08pm

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

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

Tell me how · 01-04-2019 2:18pm

I like the bull near J25 on M7 mentioned above.

Also like Cuchullain and his hounds near the Curragh

whisky_galore · 01-04-2019 2:26pm

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 · 01-04-2019 2:28pm

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

jim o doom · 01-04-2019 2:39pm

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 · 01-04-2019 2:40pm

Also love this one from the Killarney roundabout in Dingle.

Reminds me of my parents.

von Smallhausen · 01-04-2019 4:03pm

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 · 01-04-2019 4:11pm

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

Irish Guitarist · 01-04-2019 4:23pm

....... 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 · 01-04-2019 4:26pm

....... · 01-04-2019 4:28pm

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 · 01-04-2019 4:28pm

What about those hand yokes on the Kildare bypass?

tgdaly · 01-04-2019 4:41pm

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 · 01-04-2019 4:45pm

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 · 01-04-2019 4:52pm

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 · 01-04-2019 4:55pm

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.

Pointless roadside art.

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