Dramatic shanty singing seafarer sculpture makes its way to Cobh 

Belvelly Castle owners Garry and Anne Wilson have gifted the commissioned sculpture by Ray Lonsdale to the town

Sculptor Ray Lonsdale with his Sea Shanty piece, which is being donated to the people of Cobh by Garry and Anne Wilson, who own Belvelly Castle.

The couple who "brought the world to Cork" last year, are gifting a dramatic sea shanty singing seafarer sculpture to their adopted harbour town.

The Irish Examiner can reveal the striking 12ft high steel sculpture of a sailor singing The Holy Ground, a song sometimes referred to as the Cobh Sea Shanty, which is on its way to the Cork harbour town thanks to the generosity of Garry and Anne Wilson.