PHOTOGRAPHS
SCULPTURE
'Waiting on the shore'
The sculpture, commanding a superb view of Sligo Bay, Coney and Oyster Islands and Knocknarea, stands as a memorial to all those men from the Rosses Point parish and the Sligo community who have lost their lives at sea, whilst also honouring the village women who watched and waited for the return of their men. The figure also epitomises the qualities of a past generation of Rosses Point women and thanks to the vision and sensitivity of the sculptor, Niall Bruton, captures exactly the character of these women.
Lives were marked by leavings and homecomings. Leavings were lonesome – home comings were celebration and in between was the waiting. Storms at sea, delays in ports and poor communication left these women always waiting.