Put ’em up! Sir Dan Donnelly, Georgian Dublin’s boxing champ, makes his comeback tomorrow as @RSsculpture‘s Summer Exhibition opens in the grounds of @Ballymaloe, Co Cork. Photo by @HairyPhotog#visitcork #irishart #sculpture #donnellyshollow pic.twitter.com/XKPPiRkd62
— Aidan Harte (@HarteAidan) May 31, 2022
Dexterous Dan.
He broke the mould.
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Don’t think that’s the right link??
Thanks, Niall, fixed now.
A statue of Connor mc Gregor
Pretty nice eh
A man who fought a famous battle on the Curragh, in a place now immortalised as Donnelly’s Hollow. They even put up a small obelisk in his honour :-)
http://www.curragh.info/landmarks/donnelly.htm
I should mention that it was a popular place for little trysts and such during a certain period in the lives of the youth of the area
His arm was encased as a showpiece in a pub in kilcullen as far as I remember.
I was in that pub once, the Hide Out, but I do not know where it is now. I was unaware of it then, so I cannot even make a claim that I have seen it.
The previous owners kept it afaik.
I saw it and Jesus talk about the long arm of the law
He really had long arms
Is that not just the Púca with a slightly different head?
Could well be a relation:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTxBRXMWIAIGcI0?format=jpg&name=medium
The Púca crossed with Popeye?
The Púceye, which is what he’ll give you.