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FREEDOM'S DAWN OR THE PIKEMAN
John Toomey, a Limerick-born artist, is renowned for his historical and commemorative sculptures. His work frequently engages with themes of Irish history,…
THE PIKEMAN IS NOW ON A PLINTH
When I visited Midleton in September 2025 I had difficulty finding it as I was expecting it to be at ground-level at the same location as the plaque but it was at a slightly unexpected location and mounted on a tall plinth. As mentioned in another post I first photographed this in 2016 but when I visited again in 2019 I could not find the sculpture and decided that I must have been confused or visited the wrong location. Later, I discovered that the statue had been removed for repair as it had been vandalised not long before my 2019 visit to the town of Midleton. Apparently the scroll had been stolen.