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The Galway Hooker

Fountain
The Galway Hooker
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Eyre Square in Galway City Centre on a cloudy day as photographed by Professor Chaosheng Zhang from University of Galway
Eyre Square in Galway City Centre on a cloudy day as photographed by Professor Chaosheng Zhang from University of Galway · Photo: Professor Chaosheng Zhang · CC BY 4.0
County Galway, Galway Hooker Monument.
County Galway, Galway Hooker Monument. · Photo: Olliebailie · CC BY-SA 4.0

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What if two friends meeting at The Galway Hooker in Townparks(ST. Nicholas' Parish) agreed to wait by the fountain, then each mistook a different passer-by for the other? They spend ten minutes waving politely at strangers before meeting face to face.

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Freestanding fountain, erected 1984, on a diagonal square plan with cut-limestone basin. Set in square on flagged platform.
A fountain erected to commemorate the quincentenary of the Corporation of the City of Galway (1484) with a semi-abstract representation of the billowing sails of a Galway Hooker by the Derry-born sculptor Éamonn O'Doherty (1939-2011).

The story behind this place

A fountain erected to commemorate the quincentenary of the Corporation of the City of Galway (1484) with a semi-abstract representation of the billowing sails of a Galway Hooker by the Derry-born sculptor Éamonn O'Doherty (1939-2011).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30314027

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Pictures: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Donal Mac Coitir, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0; Olliebailie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Gillfoto, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Maker shown on the Wikimedia Commons file page · Public domain; Shane.Halloran at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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