THE STEINE SCULPTURE BY CLIODHNA CUSSEN

THE STEINE SCULPTURE BY CLIODHNA CUSSEN

WISHING HAND SCULPTURE VERONICA GUERIN MEMORIAL CELTIC SERPENT AT DUBLIN CASTLE SPECIAL OLYMPICS SCULPTURE BY JOHN BEHAN THREE STATUES - MOVED TO KINGS INNS ANNA LIVIA BRONZE BY EAMONN O'DOHERTY WHO MADE THE WORLD BY CLIODHNA CUSSEN ARCHER II BY NIALL O'NEILL THE MOTHERSHIP UNIVERSAL LINKS OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY TONY O’MALLY HEALING HANDS BY TONY O'MALLY IRISH AMERICAN SCULPTOR 1874 - 1943 ÉIRE MEMORIAL BY JEROME CONNOR SEAN HEUSTON BY LAURENCE CAMPBELL TREE OF GOLD AT THE CENTRAL BANK IN DAME STREET PUBLIC ART AT YORK ROAD BRONZE STATUE OF JOHN PAUL II BRENDAN BEHAN AT BINN'S BRIDGE FOUR MASTER CELTIC CROSS A LARGE SCULPTURE OISIN KELLY METAL SULPTURE - ADELAIDE ROAD THE BEST NIGHT EVER BY BOB QUINN THE LIBERTY BELL BY VIVIENNE ROCHE OSCAR WILDE SCULPTURE IN MERRION SQUARE PARK VICTIMS BY ANDREW O'CONNOR HOW TO CAMOUFLAGE THE FOUNDATIONS OF A BUILDING THAT WAS NOT COMPLETED THE STEINE SCULPTURE BY CLIODHNA CUSSEN 3D PRINTED PINK SCULPTURE BY JAM SUTTON THE THREE ELEMENTS TO THE OSCAR WILDE SCULPTURE BY DANNY OSBORNE - 18 JULY 2020 WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MEMORIAL BY HENRY MOORE EARLSFORT TERRACE PLAZA - THE SCULPTURE FEATURING BIRDS IN FLIGHT HAS BEEN REPLACED STATUE OF PATRICK KAVANAGH NORTH BANK OF GRAND CANAL ON MESPIL ROAD OSCAR WILDE SCULPTURE BY DANNY OSBORNE - THREE ELEMENTS THOMAS DAVIS STATUE AND FOUNTAIN BY EDWARD DELANEY - NO WATER TO BE SEEN LEAN BY CAOIMHE KILFEATHER THE KISS BY ROWAN GILLESPIE - PHOTOGRAPHED IN APRIL 2017 THIS WATER FEATURE HAD BEEN REMOVED SWEENEY ASTRAY BY DESMOND KINNEY - HAS BEEN DESTROYED BLACKROCK DOLEMEN BY ROWAN GILLESPIE ANOTHER RED METAL YOKE - NEWTOWN AVENUE SEAPOINT HARMONY A SCULPTURE BY SANDRA BELL - PEARSE SQUARE PUBLIC PARK TWO STYLISED FIGURES WITH THE OLYMPIC FLAME - SPECIAL OLYMPICS MEMORIAL BY JOHN BEHAN STATUE OF LUKE KELLY ON SLOUTH KING STREET - BY JOHN COLL THE BRONZE COW DECIDED TO MOVE FROM WOLFE TONE SQUARE TO WOOD QUAY WHERE THE GRASS IS GREENER TRIBUTE HEAD II IN MERRION SQUARE PARK FAMINE MEMORIAL BY EDWARD DELANEY OCTOBER 2020 TRIBUTE TO DERMOT MORGAN - FATHER TED IN IRELAND THERE IS A LOVE AFFAIR WITH RED METAL SCULPTURES - THIS ONE IS ON BAGGOT STREET BRIAN FRIEL AND JOHN B KEANE BY NEIL C BREEN VICTIMS BY ANDREW O'CONNOR THE MOTHERSHIP BY RACHEL JOYNT - NEWTOWNSMITH SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DUN LAOGHAIRE TOWN AND GLASTHULE NIALL O'NEILL'S ARCHER II DUBLIN'S LAST SUPPER 2004 BY JOHN BYRNE
THE STEINE SCULPTURE BY CLIODHNA CUSSEN

I could be wrong but this is/was locally known as the Long Stone. If you search for the “Long Stone” in Google it is most likely that you will find information relating to a local pub [recently ceased trading after 264 years] rather than this sculpture.

The Steine structure was erected in 1986 and was sculpted by Cliodhna Cussen. It was removed for a few years because of construction works associated with the new Luas cross-city tram service. The original installation included a granite inscribed plaque and a bronze plaque on a circular shaft set into granite setts arranged in eight circular bands around the principal granite shaft. When I photographed it immediately after the restoration bronze plate was missing but as you can see it is now there but the original setts have not been restored.

The stone is erected on a site near which stood a famous Long Stone or Steine / Steyne standing 12-14 feet high and erected by the Viking inhabitants of Dublin in the 10th or 11th centuries.

The River Liffey was much broader then and the stone actually stood close to the shoreline and perhaps marked a landing place.

The 3.35m high granite shaft is carved with two faces, one of which represents Ivor the first Viking King of Dublin who ruled in the 9th century. The other face is that of a nun and commemorates the convent of St. Mary Hogges, which stood nearby in the middle ages.
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WISHING HAND

BY LINDA BRUNKER

Across from the Pro Cathedral in Dublin in the middle of the grounds of the Department Of Education stands an interesting bronze sculpture of a human hand named “The Wishing Hand” by Dublin sculptor Linda Brunker.

PHOTOGRAPHED 3 DECEMBER 2019