Survey Data
Reg No
50010519
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1975 - 1985
Coordinates
315925, 234593
Date Recorded
27/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding bronze monument on stone pedestal, erected 1980, commemorating "Big" Jim Larkin, designed by Oisín Kelly. Figurative textured bronze cast statue of figure with outstretched arms, facing southwards, set on square-plan tooled granite ashlar pedestal constructed with four solid blocks, with inscribed gilt lettering "JIM LARKIN 1874-1947". Inset bronze plaques to south, east and west faces.
Appraisal
This emotive and well-executed bronze figure of James Larkin, designed by the renowned artist, Oisín Kelly, is appropriately sited outside Clery's where, during the 1913 Lockout, the labour leader addressed an illegal assembly from a hotel balcony. The historical significance of this monument is articulated by the words of Jim Larkin himself, to the south face of the pedestal, and by the commendations of Patrick Kavanagh and Sean O'Casey, inscribed to the west and east faces respectively.