Anna Livia (monument)
Anna Livia is a bronze monument located in the Croppy Acre Memorial Park in Dublin, Ireland. It was formerly located on O'Connell Street.[1]
Designed by the sculptor Éamonn O'Doherty,[2] the monument was commissioned by businessman Michael Smurfit, in memory of his father, for the Dublin Millennium celebrations in 1988.[3]
The monument is a personification of the River Liffey (Abhainn na Life in Irish) which runs through the city. Anna Livia Plurabelle is the name of a character in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake who also embodies the river. The river is represented as a young woman sitting on a slope with water flowing past her. She is familiarly known by the people of Dublin as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi,[1] or the Whore in the Sewer (pronounced hoo-er to rhyme with sewer) among other names.[4] Both nicknames were encouraged by the sculptor himself.[5]
The monument was removed from its site on O'Connell Street in 2001 to make room for the Spire of Dublin. In late February 2011, partly reworked and refurbished, the statue was relocated to the Croppy Acre Memorial Park next to the Liffey near Heuston station.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "New home for Dublin's 'Floozy'". BBC News. 24 January 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ Colin Coyle (22 February 2009). "Dublin’s ‘floozie’ still out in the cold". Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ James O. Jackson (27 March 2001). "Dublin: From Boom to Busts". Time. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ Sue Denham (18 July 2004). "No rest over Dail holiday period as deckchairs get rearranged". Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ "Éamonn O'Doherty". Visual Arts Cork. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ Allison Bray (25 February 2011). "Dubliners re-Joyce at return of the Floozie". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
Coordinates: 53°21′00″N 6°15′37″W / 53.350099°N 6.260378°W
