Patrick Kavanagh Statue

A famous irish novelist and poet.......

During a walk along the grand canal, we stumbled upon, a very interesting statue of a man sitting on a park bench contemplating, all in bronze it turns out it is dedicated to a famous irish novelist a...

Good company

We took some pictures together. He is a nice man, quiet and always admiring the river. I stayed there for a while admiring the landscape with him. Good company

Seat on the Grand Canal

This statue is a memorial to the Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh. The statute is a bronze life sized sculpture of Kavanagh sitting on a bench overlooking the canal, inspired by his poem "Lines written on ...

Found by chance

I found this statue purely by chance while walking along the canal towards the canal basin. It is a great likeness and you can sit beside him for a while contemplating the passing canal water and pede...

Scared me

The first time I walked past Patrick was at night, and he scared the hell out of me. I was strolling along the canal and caught the image of a silent man in a bench out of the corner of my eye. The fo...