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Charles de Gaulle

(Lille 1890 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises 1970)
President of France 1959-1969
(Wikipedia)

Alan Ryan Hall
1995

Description

Boulder with a flat side in which a portrait medaillon of De Gaulle and text.
Former French President Charles de Gaulle visited Sneem on several occasions.

Inscription(s)

Charles de Gaulle
1890 - 1970

En ce moment grave de ma longue vie,
j'ai trouvéici ce que je cherchais :
être en lace de moi même
L'Irlande me l'a offert
de laç la plus délicate,
la plus amicale
(18 VI 1969)

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Charles de Gaulle
1890 - 1970

At this solemn moment of my long life
here I have found what I was looking for:
to be facing myself.
Ireland has extended it to me
in the most delicate,
the most friendly manner.

(18 VI 1969)

Artist

Alan Ryan Hall, Irish sculptor based on Valentia Island, Co. Kerry (Website).

Location (N 51°50'20" - W 9°54'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie207; Photograph: 17 June 2014
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