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Statue in Hospital, county Limerick, gets a replacement after the knight's weapon went missing. Photo credit: Will Fogarty
A WOODEN sculpture of a knight in a county Limerick town has been disarmed of his sword, with the perpetrator remaining a mystery.
Over a year old, the carving of the knight located in Hospital, County Limerick was done by a native of the town - ‘Fear na Coillte’, chainsaw sculptor, Will Fogarty.
Hospital was founded by knights over 800 years ago and is a deeply historical town. As a tribute to the knights who gave hospital their name while returning from the Crusades and subsequently, set up an abbey (religious dwelling) in the Limerick town.
“Probably about a week or two ago, it was noticed that the knight's sword was missing. I decided to replace it for free of charge, as I was the person who carved it,” Will said.
“Somebody obviously got their hands on the sword and took it - I was blaming the fairies, but I’m not quite sure it was the fairies!
“I carved another blade for it yesterday and glued it on - it was in my own interest that it looked as well as it can, so I was always going to replace it accordingly.”
“I wanted to do something for my local town and groups in the town organised the timber to do the statue - I’ve done carvings for places all over the country, including schools and cathedrals in Limerick, and I’ve been doing this for the last nine years.”
Fear na Coillte is the Irish for man of the woods, and examples of Will’s other work are available on his Facebook page.
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