Sculpture garden designed to appeal to the five senses. The garden places strong emphasis on ancient Hanley history of Ireland. It includes:
SOUND: Horns of Clogherclemin
A hoard of bronze age horns was found in a bog at Clogherclemin,
Tralee in 1875. This interactive sculpture pays tribute to the
craftmanship of the ancient Irish.
TASTE: Cauldron of the Dagda
In ancient Ireland, The Dagda (the Great God) possessed one of the
four treasures of the Tuatha de Danann, a vessel of endless bounty
'from which none returned unfulfilled'. This sculpture features a
drinking fountain.
SIGHT: Standing Stone
The stone is aligned with Queen Scotia's Glen on Sliabh Mis Mountain
and looks back to a mythical time when the Milesians defeated the great
Tuatha de Danann and Scotia's son Amergin named the island 'Eire'.
TOUCH: Henge
A modern, rhythmic and tactile response in stone to an important
neolithic settlement site discovered at Ballycarty,
outside Tralee in June 1996.
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Annotation
The project was inspired by Soroptimist International Tralee & District, under its then President Maura Baily, in 2000.
