Stele

‘Stele’, designed by renowned sculptor Imogen Stuart and carved by Ciaran Byrne
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Standing stone overlooks Dublin Bay from Otranto Park, Sandycove



Standing proudly on a grassy rise in this small coastal public park, the nearly three meter tall Wicklow granite standing stone named “Stele”, is carved with representations of King Laoghaire and St. Patrick on two sides, with a third side carved in bi-lingual bas relief script. The wording is from a poem in an Early Irish manuscript, translated by Seamus Heaney, referencing stormy seas and Norse raiders of old.