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This piece 'The First Step', depicts a mother helping her child to take its first step in life. This theme reflects the renewed efforts of the local community to mould the economic revival of Kiltimagh and its hinterland at the end of the 20th century....

During the Summer of 1993, a Sculpture Symposium was held in Kiltimagh. Over a period of eight weeks, a number of well-known and talented sculptors, assisted by sixteen local students, transformed this beautiful area into the tranquil Sculpture Park we have today....

Nothing is known of the history of this monastery beyond the fact that it was dedicated to St. Brendan the Navigator, who lived in the mid 6th century. The remains consist of three churches, three beehive huts, part of the old monastic wall and some inscribed crosses. Of the three churches, St. Brendan's Oratory is rectangular and has a sloping roof, a flat-headed doorway and a square-headed east window. The Saint's Church nearby uses mortar to bind the stones together, and it is probably lat...