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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 488

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    (continued from previous page)
    Bold Neptune, Plutarch, and Nicodemus,
    All standing naked in the open air".
    The statues which decorated the ground, at Blarney came originally from Kilkenny and were finally purchased by Sir Thomas Deane.
    "And took off in a cart
    'Twas enough to break one's heart
    All the statues made of lead and pictures O".
    When Deane re-erected the figure of Hercules on the grounds of his residence at Blackrock, the Cork with re-named the house "Herculaneum". One of these statues was to be seen for many years in the courtyard of a house in Deane street, now demolished to provide an approach to Brian Boru Bridge. Two small figures still decorate a house on
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighid Ní Ríordáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Seanbhaile Sheáin, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Michéal Ó Murchadha
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Uí Bhuaigh, Co. Cork