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Grand Canal Dublin - Patrick Kavenagh Statue Photos.
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Dublin city picture of the life size sculpture of Irish poet Patrick Kavenagh (1904-1967), It's located on the bank of the Grand Canal Dublin, near Baggot Street bridge.
The bench seat is made from an Irish oak tree which was 100 years old.
Born in Iniskeen, Co. Monaghan in 1904, Kavenagh moved to Dublin in 1939 to work as a freelance writer, Amongst his works are the autobiographical Tarry Flynn published in 1936, The Great Hunger, Lough Derg, & Raglan Road - the musical version of which is also known as the Dawning of the Day.
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