{"id":393562,"date":"2026-04-11T17:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/393562\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T17:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:26:22","slug":"new-oisin-sculpture-vandalised-echo-ie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/393562\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ois\u00edn sculpture vandalised | Echo.ie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Walsh-Park-sculpture-USE-This-P15.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"New Ois\u00edn sculpture vandalised\" title=\"New Ois\u00edn sculpture vandalised\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The sculpture damaged in Sean Walsh Park<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>A new sculpture placed in Sean Walsh Memorial Park in Tallaght at the end of March as part of a new trail worth over \u20ac59,000 needs a hand after it was vandalised just days after.<\/p>\n<p>The Ois\u00edn in dT\u00edr nan \u00d3g sculpture is one of several carved wooden installations recently introduced to the Tallaght park as part of a new sculpture trail worth \u20ac59,307.27, inclusive of VAT, and had arms removed only days later in an act of anti-social behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>However, South Dublin County Council\u2019s Director of Climate Action Teresa Walsh stated that the council\u2019s contractor for the project already has a replacement ready for this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Climate Action also noted that the damage done to the new sculpture was \u201cextremely disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stated: \u201cIt is extremely disappointing that vandals would target a children\u2019s sculpture trail in this way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe council\u2019s contractor has made a replacement arm and is going to reinstall the arm this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Family Irish Mythology and Folklore Sculpture Trail consists of seven sculptures throughout the park inspired by well-known Irish stories.<\/p>\n<p>The Children of Lir, The Salmon of Knowledge, C\u00fa Chulainn and the Hound, The Leprechaun and his Pot of Gold, St Patrick in Ireland, and Fairy Rings are also represented throughout the park.<\/p>\n<p>Special Branch Carvers\u2019 John Hayes and Christopher Dee created the new installations.<\/p>\n<p>The trail is intended to link the exploration of the park with education of these stories and figures of Irish mythology.<\/p>\n<p>The local authority stated that this would allow families to be entertained by these stories in the library and then see them come to life in the park.<\/p>\n<p>SDCC Senior Executive Parks and Landscape Officer Brendan Redmond stated on LinkedIn: \u201cThe approach was to create an engaging trail that draws families through the park while bringing familiar Irish stories off the page and into the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also ties in with the local library, giving people the opportunity to read the stories and then experience them in a real-life setting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code to watch the video<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sculpture damaged in Sean Walsh Park WATCH: A new sculpture placed in Sean Walsh Memorial Park 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