{"id":8000,"date":"2025-08-18T21:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/8000\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T21:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:54:10","slug":"group-seek-to-erect-sculpture-of-ira-hunger-striker-frank-stagg-outside-south-mayo-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/8000\/","title":{"rendered":"Group seek to erect sculpture of IRA hunger striker Frank Stagg outside South Mayo village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Hollymount community group seek to erect sculpture of IRA member Frank Stagg near his birthplace\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The late Frank Stagg, who died while on hunger strike in England\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/37b0e696-f1fc-4496-9c54-2106c59404d1.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The late Frank Stagg, who died while on hunger strike in England<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A community group in south Mayo are seeking to erect a sculpture of IRA hunger striker Frank Stagg near his birthplace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">White Gates Development and Enhancement Committee have applied for a Section 5 declaration to allow a small strip of land outside Hollymount to be developed into a public amenity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Se\u00e1n O\u2019Raghallaigh, secretary of White Gates Development and Enhancement Committee, said the existing strip of land along the R331 at Bloomfield, Hollymount, is \u2018unsightly\u2019 and \u2018a poor reflection of the local community\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The proposals lodged to Mayo County Council consist of landscaping, outdoor seating, paving, a biodiversity area and a sculpture of Frank Stagg, who grew up less than 500 metres away from the land in question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">According to an application form submitted to Mayo County Council on July 22, the statue will be placed on a two-metre high mount, will not exceed two metres in height and will not be illuminated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The site is located on the main road between Claremorris and Ballinrobe. A statue of the renowned academic and sport scientist, Tom Reilly, currently stands on the Claremorris side of the village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Mr O\u2019Reilly said their proposal was designed with \u2018due consideration to traffic safety, biodiversity, and also with a view to provide an attractive community area\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The land in question is in the public realm and was formerly occupied by a road before it was developed over 40 years ago. The land has been left idle and underdeveloped since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A decision on the application to develop the land is due on Monday, August 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Born the seventh child of a family of thirteen in Hollymount, Frank Stagg died after a 62-day hunger strike in Wakefield Prison, England on February 12, 1976.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollymount community group seek to erect sculpture of IRA member Frank Stagg near his birthplace The late Frank&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,366,18,117,19,17,8051],"class_list":{"0":"post-8000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-oisin-mcgovern"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}