Memorial to child abuse victims to replace iconic statue
THE Children of Lir in Dublin’s Garden of Remembrance are to take temporary flight during the planned construction of a memorial to victims of residential child abuse.
The Oisín Kelly-designed sculpture was made famous around the world during the May 2011 visit of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who laid a wreath at its base in the garden dedicated to those who died in the cause of Irish freedom. But the 7.5m bronze sculpture may now need to be moved while work goes on behind and below it in the Parnell Square garden, just north of O’Connell St.
