Both Luke Kelly statues were vandalised last night. 😟 Thanks @pmacdublin who are currently on site cleaning Luke on Sth King Street.👏🏻👏🏻 #lukekelly pic.twitter.com/FbyFuysia4
— Dublin City Council (@DubCityCouncil) June 24, 2020
This morning.
Earlier…
This morning.
South King Street, Dublin 2.
Via Newstalk:
Gardaí are investigating after white paint was thrown on the marble bust on Guild Street at around 11pm last night – the sixth time it has been vandalised.
No arrests have been made in connection with the latest incident and gardaí say investigations are ongoing.
Meanwhile, the other statue of The Dubliners singer – located on South King Street, beside Stephen’s Green shopping centre – was also covered in white paint.
Both Luke Kelly Statues Vandalised (Newstalk)
Pic Pat Gill.
Oh what a shame.
I absolutely adore Luke Kelly’s version of On Raglan Road.
Even better than that of Sinead O’Connor which is a beaut.
I often think if Ireland had an official voice it would sound like Luke Kelly.
For once, you are right.
a shame indeed.
but raglan road is a scourge of a song; i hear it done badly at nearly every session i play.
Anne Doyle
Actually
Why always Luke Kelly though? A personal vendetta or simple mindless teenage scumbaggery?
I pass the Guild Street bust often and I always feel a bit of relief when I see it unvandalised.
Could it be because it always gets good press coverage? Is that half the fun of throwing paint on a statue?
i’d say that definitely plays into it. easy bit of mischief and notoriety.
What have they got against this statue? I can see the other one being divisive but this one is pretty benign.
Like Everest:
Because it’s there.
I don’t think so. A lot of other statues ‘are there’, but don’t receive that treatment.
I hope they catch and punish the culprit(s). This makes me angry.
Well, if I understand the current mood correctly, if someone personally has a problem with a statue, they can go ahead and smash it or otherwise vandalise it.
Back! Back in your cave troll! Begone.
Perhaps black paint would be more acceptable.
These vandals should be roundly condemned, unless they chanted Black Lives Matter in which case they should be universally praised.
the dog whistle blows
He was a proud man, look at his song Scorn not his simplicity which was about his son with down syndrome. The man was a legend.
That was a Phil Coulter song.
Did Luke Kelly write any songs(?) I kind of have the impression that he mainly didn’t.
I didnt know that , always thought it was Luke Kelly!
Nope, Phil Coulter wrote the song about his own son.
correct – it’s about Coulters own son Paul
full interview here:
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/scorn-not-his-simplicity-phil-coulter-reveals-the-heartbreak-anger-and-fear-behind-the-song-38566781.html
a standout song, as directly poignant as it gets
Coulter is a prolific songwriter, written for all sorts including Elvis
FFS
Clearly the actions of YFG members.
A bit of a red alright
Wondering if any of you get the irony that people laugh at a statue of Jesus being knocked down when he literally represented all things the woke love. Equality, empathy, love, acceptance.
But they moan a statue of a male, patriarchal, boozing Glen Hansard type being painted over.
you don’t know what irony is.
It’s actually coppery and brassy
boom!
It’s called hypocrisy and there’s lots of it…everywhere.
There’s nothing in the crucifix item to suggest it was knocked as a result of vandalism; from the photo, it looks like it may just have been left lying there?
The Kelly statue is clearly as a result of of utterly pointless vandalism.
Well Luke actually existed
So did Churchill Coulston whatever yer having yerselves
So what Jesus represents is barely a form hearsay
So
Imagine this lads
Replace all the Statues claiming to be Jesus with a leprechaun
And Tinkerbell for his alleged Mam
Jesus was the wokest bloke ever. He has been saying woke stuff for 2000 years. He literally started the whole thing. Yes a clatter of hooligans have appropriated his schtick and misused it. But people have been butchering and misusing Luke for years as well and abusing the privilege he gave them.
Then there was that time he got angry at a tree…..
Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
Then he said to the tree,“May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.
I heard Janet reading that in a Philomena Cunk voice!
Historical Jesus almost certainly existed; he was mentioned by Josephus and several other Roman sources who would have had no particular grá for furthering the man’s legacy (quite the opposite, in fact).
And did they describe a lad that looks like a young Kenny Loggins
he also advised you to pluck out your own eyeballs should you look at another man’s wife or prize bull
Ah, did you scroll through Jesus’s timeline to find an offence?
Let he who is without sin etc…..
And its a fierce judgey world out there at the moment. Selective judgement of course. But the woke are having their judgement day and sending some to hell on earth. Others will be absolved for singing for homeless people. Be careful that you will reap what you sow!
woke ? I’m dying laughing here
I went to Sunday school for years, I had Jesus up to the back teeth, no need to scroll, I’m riddled with Jesus whether I like it or not, and it’s not
He literally is the bible of wokeness. I have no idea why people wouldn’t be quoting him as they teach people how to behave. He has great lines. Plus he rocks a good beard.
Would it be a matter of seeing the speck in someones eye while ignoring the log in your own?
https://youtu.be/QqaQ_Bhgmrc
the one true prophet speaks
there’s nothing woke about a heavenly Father sitting in judgement
@ Toby, he also said that slaves should be dutiful and obey their masters.
Certainly not the worst philosopher knocking around the Mediterranean at that time, but I would argue that there are better, if you were looking for someone’s maxims to live your life by.
True Rob, as was the custom of the time. But sure as you know, we are all only one mis tweet away from eternal damnation.
Id be genuinely interested to hear who you recommend. Good to see the stoics, epicureans and a whole bunch of old philosophers being dusted down now as we realise the wisdom was there all along. We really don’t need to be taught how to be good according to some new doctrine created in the Irish times. its been there before us and will last longer than us. Its more than trendy, its truth. And if we are going to be taught to be good, then Jesus and his ilk would be a great place to start.
Toby is giggling while he types this comic content,
With respect Tob
And if we are going to be taught to be good, then Jesus and his ilk would be a great place to start.
you need to get that message to the Religious Orders and everyone within and affiliated with The Vatican
You know – the crowd that make their living, and a lot more besides, out of Jesus Christ
Not the likes of us here on the internet
…slavery is still practiced round the Mediterranean…open markets flourishing in Libya…thanks Obama…
Vanessa, I agree that people took the legacy of Jesus and misused and abused it to a terrible degree, And the same is true for dodgy yogis, mad mullahs and religious freaks of all sorts. But Jesus was everything that we purport to value today, especially the wokesters.
And I suppose the reason that folk on the internet need to hear it is because those woke folk are judging people every single day to the point of causing huge pain, discrimination, bullying, shaming, canceling and division. I really believe that the rush to older philosophies is a direct reaction to the cruel and clueless moral meandering of the woke. People recognise hypocrisy when they see it.
I can recognise hypocrisy alright Tobs
those woke folk are judging people every single day to the point of causing huge pain, discrimination, bullying, shaming, canceling and division.
‘Suggest the operators, owners and vendors of Jesus Christ Inc, and their recruits and cheerleaders World Wide get their own houses in order before pointing the finger at the likes of me and calling me judgie
mind you, I’d be happy to hear a few of yere confessions
and give absolution, I have just the outfit n’all
Penance – I’ll start making out a list. But I can promise ye lashing woodchip down on the border areas, and cleaning out the gutters will be in there
btw, Tobs, I know you mean well and are sincere
I’m just opening it out – bloggard that I am
I am reminded of the scene in Good Omens (the TV series, not the book. Neil Gaiman added some excellent bits for the series) where Aziraphale and Crowley meet at the Crucifixion.
Crowley asks Aziraphale “What did he do?”
Aziraphale answers: “He told people to be nice to each other.”
To which Crowley replies ” That’ll do it!”
I’m wondering is this something to do with unpaid bar tabs.
I think you may be right. Ive googled like a mad thing looking for any scandal on Luke Kelly back in the day but I cant find nothing.
The person to gain from this vandalism is, P Mac. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
How strange. I don’t think Luke even supported the Confederacy…..!
Maybe tis my new awokening
but does that square base
Just plonked there
On the paving tile circles
irritate anyone else
it looks like its in the wrong spot and is waiting to be moved to its correct location
a just put there for now, lets leave it where it is kinda thing
No street cameras around these? After these incessant attacks?
Maybe all statues need to be kept under secure conditions
For evidently Irish people have no respect