NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY IN BELFAST MARCH 2019
The Department for Communities, which commissioned the sculpture in tribute to Sammy the seal, said they wanted something alongside the river that was child friendly.
The public artwork inspired by Sammy has been in place since 2014 and is made up of three bronze sculptures protruding from the ground around seating where locals and visitors alike can rest in the company of a trio of Sammy seals.
There is a family of seals that live on the river Lagan and the more daring ones spend time around the Lagan Weir and according to locals one or more have made it up river to the new pedestrian bridge at Stranmillis.
Down through the years you will see numerous mentions a seal, Sammy, resting up in a dingy, going in for a free lunch and even joining swimmers in Belfast Lough and beyond. These reports appear to imply that there is only on seal and of course it is Sammy The Seal.
The Paul Hogarth Company is a long established team of Landscape Architects, Urban Designers and Planners with offices in Edinburgh, Belfast and Dublin.
