A to Z of Statues – O is for Oscar Wilde

A rather strange statue of Oscar Wilde lounging in a very unflattering pose on an uncomfortable looking granite rock which I didn’t care for a great deal.

t seemed to me to be somewhat inappropriate, the poor man clinging on like a piece of lichen to a boulder with his legs wide apart showing his crotch which was what got him into a whole load of trouble in the first place!  Dubliners have christened it the ‘fag on the Craig’.

Other statues in Dublin…

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8 responses to “A to Z of Statues – O is for Oscar Wilde

  1. Wilde is wild lol!

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  2. Can you explain the last picture/sculpture?

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  3. The bottom set of figures are very moving, Wonderful statues.

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  4. Louche is the word which springs to mind.

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