Cork In 50 Artworks, No 37: Hag at Kiskeam, by Éilis Ní Fhaoláin

Unveiled in 2003, the piece marks the area's connection with a legendary cailleach (hag) who had designs on Fionn MacCumhail’s grandson

Éilis Ní Fhaoláin's and her Hag sculpture at Kiskeam, North Cork.

Éilis Ní Fhaoláin’s Hag sculpture in Kiskeam in North West Co Cork commemorates the mythological figure that lends the village its original name, Coiscéam na Caillí, the Hag’s Step.

The artwork was commissioned by Kiskeam Development Association in 2002. “I was put in touch with their committee through Ian McDonagh, the County Arts Officer,” says Ní Fhaoláin. “When we met up, they already had Leader funding in place, they had a site on the outskirts of the village, and they had in mind very much what they wanted for the sculpture.”