The wild Wilde. Dublin is home to many writers, poets, and performers. It is also home to one of my favorite beers, Guinness. And while there is no correlation there, one must be thankful to Guinness for commissioning this statue of the poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde. My only ever introduction to him was when I had to read his play, ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’, which was compulsory reading back when I pretended to be studying for my graduation. He lays there on a granite stone on the corner of Merrion Square in Dublin, facing his childhood home just across the street at 1 Merrion Square, without a care in the world. Walk around him and you will notice that he has two distinct facial expressions – a happy one from the left and a sad one from the right. A reflection of the double life he lived, perhaps. It is the work of Danny Osborne, who used his grandson as a model for Oscar’s head, and was unveiled in 1997. _________________________________________ @nofixedaddrs #nofixedaddrs _________________________________________ Fill your heart with Ireland 🇮🇪 #loveireland #fillyourheartwithireland Come here to me Dublin ☘️ #lovedublin #comeheretomedublin #guinness _________________________________________ ………. ……... …….. ……. …… ….. …. … .. . #oscarwilde #oscarwildestatue #oscarwildestatuedublin #oscarwildememorial #dannyosborne #statuesofdublin #irishliterature #irishplaywright #merrionsquare #merrionsquarepark #dublindiaries #instadublin #dubliner #dublinstreets #dublinstagram #dublinstatues #dubliners #ig_dublin #instaireland #ig_ireland #irelanddaily #TalkingStatues #WhenWeTravelAgain #DreamNowTravelLater (at Merrion Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/COXSQy6M9dZ/?igshid=t1f0p23bqvdz
