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I stumbled upon artist Stephen Dee's web site to find he has created a porcelain sculpture of Shane and other irish greats:

http://www.stephendee.com/caricatures.htm

They're pretty darn cool!

^^^^^FOUND THIS POSTED ON SHANE FORUM---how cool is that???

A model doubtless of the full-size statue of the great man that will one day be erected... where? Any ideas for where Shane's statue should be?

firehazard wrote:A model doubtless of the full-size statue of the great man that will one day be erected... where? Any ideas for where Shane's statue should be?

picadilly

but he should have been sculpted with soiled clothing--god love him....

firehazard wrote:Any ideas for where Shane's statue should be?

Right off the coast of New York City – replacing that conceited lady with a torch in her hand and the towards-the-shining-future look in her eyes. (In the same size, of course.)

replace the torch with a fag.

pogue-mahone wrote:replace the torch with a fag.

Nah, a bottle would be better... And it's time to mint coins with Shane's image after all!

By that farmhouse in Tipp, for sure...

As Mr.MacGowan belongs equally to Ireland and England the future statue must be erected over the Sea with one foot trampling irish shore and another - english one. For a model may be used Colossus of Rhodes But with traditional attributes of Mr.MacGowan - glass and fag...

MacRua wrote:As Mr.MacGowan belongs equally to Ireland and England the future statue must be erected over the Sea with one foot trampling irish shore and another - english one. For a model may be used Colossus of Rhodes But with traditional attributes of Mr.MacGowan - glass and fag...

That must be right, MacRua. With mic stand on the Isle of Man, perhaps.

i think that model is great must have one