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Báite (sunken or drowned)

Viking Boat

"The Boat That Don't Float"

Betty Newman-Maguire
1988

Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath / Báite (sunken or drowned)

Description

Bow and stern of a Viking ship with some benches in between.

Inscription(s)

Dublin Millenium
Sculpture Symposium
BÁITE
by
BETTY MAGUIRE
Organised by the Sculpture Society of Ireland in collaboration
with Dublin Corporation and An Foras Aiseanna Saothair.

Artist

Betty Newman-Maguire (Kells, Co. Meath 1952), Irish sculptor of Kells (Website).

Sources & Information

Neal Doherty, The Complete Guide to the Statues and Sculptures of Dublin City (Blackrock: Orpen Press, 2015), no. C24.
Wikipedia, List of public art in Dublin.

Location (N 53°20'42" - W 6°16'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie349; Photograph: 21 June 2023
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