Anna Livia (monument)
Anna Livia Plurabelle | |
 Anna Livia in Croppies' Memorial Park | |
 Interactive map of Anna Livia | |
| Location | Croppies Memorial Park opposite the Ashling Hotel, near Heuston station since February 2011 |
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| Coordinates | 53°20′52″N 6°17′25″W / 53.3477°N 6.2903°W |
| Designer | Éamonn O'Doherty |
| Material | Bronze |
| Completion date | 1988 |
| Dedicated to | Michael Smurfit's father, James Joyce's Finnegans Wake |
Anna Livia is a bronze monument located in Croppies' Memorial Park in Dublin, Ireland. It was formerly located on O'Connell Street.[1]
Background
[edit]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] As noted by writer Brian Lynch, the commission was "awarded without consultation or open competition" and took "a mere six months from commissioning to installation".[4] O'Doherty later admitted that "the hurry to build it, led to a lack of refinement in some details of the stonework and the figure, particularly the head".[4]
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. In the monument's original location, the river was represented as a young woman sitting on a slope with water flowing past her. Dubliners nicknamed it the "Floozie in the Jacuzzi",[1][5] a nickname that was encouraged by the sculptor.[6]
The monument was removed from its site on O'Connell Street in 2002 to make way for the Spire of Dublin.[4] In late February 2011, partly reworked and refurbished, the statue was relocated to Croppies Memorial Park next to the Liffey, near Heuston station.[5]
Gallery
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Anna Livia in its earlier O'Connell Street location
Closeup of Anna Livia
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References
[edit]- 1 2 "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.[dead link]
- ↑ James O. Jackson (27 March 2001). "Dublin: From Boom to Busts". Time. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- 1 2 3 Lynch, Brian (1 March 2008). "Eamonn O'Doherty: Genius Loci". Irish Arts Review (2002-). 25 (1). Dublin: Irish Arts Review: 84–87. JSTOR 20493276.
- 1 2 Allison Bray (25 February 2011). "Dubliners re-Joyce at return of the Floozie". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ "Éamonn O'Doherty". Visual Arts Cork. Retrieved 12 February 2012.