One of Cork\u2019s most iconic roadside sculptures has been relocated to \u201ca safe spot\u201d to facilitate works as part of the ongoing \u20ac456m project on the M28 motorway.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Man with Birds\u2019 statue, located along the N28 stretch of Carr\u2019s Hill, was removed last Tuesday by a specialist crew and was transported to a temporary, undisclosed location.<\/p>\n
The sculpture has become a beloved landmark for many residents in the Carrigaline and Mount Oval areas, having been located near the Mount Oval slip for several years.<\/p>\n
In 1995, sculptor Annette Hennessy was commissioned by Cork County Council, with funding from the Per Cent for Art scheme, to produce the sculpture.<\/p>\n
While commuters have noticed the statue\u2019s absence in the days following its removal, a spokesperson for BAM, which is undertaking the M28 project, told The Echo that the sculpture is \u201cenjoying a bit of peace and quiet\u201d at its new location.<\/p>\n
\u201cAhead of the widening of the earthworks outline in the Carr\u2019s Hill area, \u2018Man with Birds\u2019 was carefully relocated to a safe spot on Tuesday morning,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is settling in nicely, enjoying a bit of peace and quiet, and hasn\u2019t raised any complaints about his temporary change of scenery just yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrior to removal, we reached out to the original sculptor, Annette Hennessey, on how to safely remove the \u2018Man with Birds\u2019 from his base and transport him safely to his new temporary home.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce the road construction works are complete, he\u2019ll be heading back to a location close to his original home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms Hennessey said she is \u201cdelighted\u201d that the bronze 8ft sculpture has become a beloved component in people\u2019s lives more than 30 years after its creation.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMy thinking for the piece began during another project in 1993, about how development is interfering with the environment,\u201d said Ms Hennessey.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cIt symbolises our need to nurture nature \u2013 he was putting birds back up into trees, native trees that were there at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s life in bronze, you could have it for centuries, so he has stood the test of time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t realise that he was popular, I\u2019m surprised but I\u2019m delighted really,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI think people got fond of him after a while. It was well worth the money considering they\u2019ve gotten more than 30 years out of him for around \u00a320,000.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cI do think he is going to go back to that, or a similar area.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be important to me that planting is done in relation to the site because he was putting birds back into trees, not just holding them up into the air.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Cork\u2019s most iconic roadside sculptures has been relocated to \u201ca safe spot\u201d to facilitate works as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,79,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-415625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-cork-news","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415625","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=415625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}