Helen O’Rahilly tweetz:
Stolen from Drumcliff cemetery, Sligo (where WB Yeats is buried). This figure, sculpted by my friend Jackie McKenna, was stolen on Sat night/Sun morning. ‘The Cloths of Heaven’ needs to be returned. Please RT.
Anyone?
Life-size bronze statue stolen from beside Yeats cemetery (RTE)
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who would go and steal a bronze statue? an art lover?
The same sort of people who steal lead from church roofs and copper cables out of ESB depots, at a guess.
No idea, boss.
@Rob: prepare to be savaged by a dead sheep!
The scrap value of bronze is pretty high.
The squatting fellow needs The Cloths Of Andrex as he appears to be heaving a Havana there.
whole place if going to poo. flower pot stolen out my nan’s front garden last week too.
My friend’s cottage was destroyed by scum for the few quid of copper pipes. For the amount of effort to get them they got feck all, in quantity or value.
Really hope this is returned/turns up.
not many houses round my way that haven’t been robbed
FFS who would do such a thing?
Was something stolen from the piece previously? It certainly looks like a shoddy patch up job. Standard Local Authority “shur, it’ll do” approach.
Was it for this?, etc
No, that is part of the work. Supposed to represent the cloths of his dreams set out at her feet.
It’ll have been melted immediately to reduce the chance of being identified if found; basically.