{"id":209022,"date":"2025-12-24T18:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/209022\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T18:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:54:07","slug":"stunning-18ft-red-hugh-odonnell-carving-of-red-hugh-unveiled-at-donegal-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/209022\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunning 18ft Red Hugh O&#8217;Donnell carving of Red Hugh unveiled at Donegal hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stunning and larger than life new tribute to Donegal\u2019s rich history has been unveiled at Lough Eske Castle.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel yesterday unveiled an 18-foot wood carving of Red Hugh O\u2019Donnell, carved from solid Lebanese Cedar, in a special ceremony led by founder Pat Doherty OBE.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating one of Donegal\u2019s most iconic historical figures, the sculpture carved by Gintas Poderys, honours Red Hugh O\u2019Donnell\u2019s enduring legacy and deep connection to the landscape of Lough Eske.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/604557620_1288718169959250_7405819218375346709_n-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-cGVuY2ktZ2FsbGVyeS1pbWFnZS1jb250ZW50\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-618951\" class=\"size-large wp-image-618951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/604557620_1288718169959250_7405819218375346709_n-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-618951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up of the carving of Red Hugh O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly proud to showcase this amazing project and intricate artwork,\u201d said D\u00f3nal Cox, General Manager of Lough Eske Castle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to celebrate our local history and ensure that the stories of Donegal\u2019s iconic figures continue to be shared with future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stunning 18ft Red Hugh O\u2019Donnell carving of Red Hugh unveiled at Donegal hotel was last modified:  December 24th, 2025 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stunning and larger than life new tribute to Donegal\u2019s rich history has been unveiled at Lough Eske&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-209022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}