tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post8856473696269680167..comments2024-03-24T08:26:00.732+00:00Comments on photopol: Tarting up or tarting downPólóhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-53658232396322037382020-05-18T14:04:59.240+01:002020-05-18T14:04:59.240+01:00Hi Pol,
Thanks for the info and understand your po...Hi Pol,<br />Thanks for the info and understand your position.<br />Baffled why they would change to a replica statue, we thought it was just wear and tear.<br />That would be great if you can put a call out on Twitter, I'm not on myself sorry.<br />I have a feeling they may have thrown the statue in the dump, maybe because of a health and safety matter as people might be sitting out under it from the Baileys pub.<br />Anyway sad to not see it there, but thanks for the chat and you can email me on murrayokeeffe@yahoo.com.au if you have any luck :)<br />Best wishes<br />MurrayMurrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016002273035595357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-49557068515866358632020-05-17T09:02:31.406+01:002020-05-17T09:02:31.406+01:00https://twitter.com/irlpol/status/1261925900242821...https://twitter.com/irlpol/status/1261925900242821121<br />Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-4709292796108008462020-05-17T08:32:45.521+01:002020-05-17T08:32:45.521+01:00Hi Murray
Unfortunately I'm only a street obs...Hi Murray<br /><br />Unfortunately I'm only a street observer with no inside knowledge. What I wrote above is based on personal observation.<br /><br />The photo at the top of the post is a detail from a slide I took sometime in the 1960s and is what I consider the original as it was what I first saw.<br /><br />The second is a photo I took in 2007 by when he had been replaced by an inferior version. I have no idea when this took place.<br /><br />The replacement was clearly there up to May/June 2014 as seen in the Google Street View I linked to in my comment above which is timestamped May 2014 and in the post by Ghostsigns in June 2014, linked to in my first comment. I hadn't noticed the Street View timestamp when I posted the link.<br /><br />Ghostsigns comments in June 2016 that it had vanished and I reflected that in my comment above of July 2016.<br /><br />Beyond this chronology I can't help much as I'd love to.<br /><br />I'll put out a call on Twitter and see if I get any response. If I do I'll post the result here. Feel free to give me an email address via a DM (@irlpol) if you're on Twitter.<br /><br />Pól<br />Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-15937852283785078822020-05-17T02:23:35.864+01:002020-05-17T02:23:35.864+01:00Hi Polo,
Thanks for the reply.
I'm actually th...Hi Polo,<br />Thanks for the reply.<br />I'm actually the son of the owner John Murray O'Keeffe who owned Murray McGrath Opticians.<br />I was there last year and it was gone.<br />My mother and I asked a lot of people in Baileys pub but got nowhere as to it's whereabouts, sadly, as it had been there since 1911.<br />You mentioned the piece that was there was not the original, how do you know this as this is new to us ?<br />Has it been returned back or do you know where it is or can find out please ?<br />Thanks<br />MurrayMurrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016002273035595357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-40325499410612852062020-05-14T15:22:05.218+01:002020-05-14T15:22:05.218+01:00Hi Murray
Corner of Duke St & Grafton St.
Th...Hi Murray<br /><br />Corner of Duke St & Grafton St.<br /><br />This link to Google street view should bring you there. You'll see it's the gaudy guy rather than the original.<br /><br />https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3419826,-6.2596891,3a,42.4y,66.83h,103.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTK6FuxaMT1ML5NgL8xHebg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en<br /><br />Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-75303105412392534972020-05-14T13:50:32.797+01:002020-05-14T13:50:32.797+01:00Hi, do you know where he is please ?
MurrayHi, do you know where he is please ?<br />MurrayMurrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016002273035595357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-59776101963925032652016-07-03T17:51:16.135+01:002016-07-03T17:51:16.135+01:00Apparently he has now vanished.
Hopefully just f...Apparently he has now vanished. <br /><br />Hopefully just for a cleaning or to be replaced by his predecessor.<br /><br /><a href="http://dublinghostsigns.com/the-combridge-galleries-duke-street-d2/" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br />Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.com