Sculpture of late poet to be unveiled

POET Paul Durcan will unveil a sculpture of the late Michael Hartnett during this year’s Eigse Michael Hartnett which opens in Newcastle West, Co Limerick today.

The sculpture by Rory Breslin was commissioned by the local community council and is a life-size bronze statue of the poet with his famous “Necklace of Wrens” book in hand.

“I always knew he was outstanding, out of the ordinary, one of the two or three you could say was a poet,” Durcan explains.