The Echo Boy
The Echo Boy ~ Bronze
Sculptor ~ Barry Moloney
This memorial is for the Echo Boys.
Poor and often homeless children who sold the newspaper The Evening Echo & on the streets in Cork City.
Evening Echo newspapers for sale
Barry Moloney (1935 – 1992) was principal of the Crawford School of Art. Unfortunately, I had little success in finding information about Barry Moloney.
Plaque on the wall behind the Echo Boy.
“The Echo Boy”
Commemorating
150 years of
The Cork Examiner
And 100 years of the
Evening Echo
The sculpture was
Unveiled 8 December 1991 by
Councillor Denis (Dino) Cregan
Lord Mayor of Cork
Barry Moloney
Sculptor
Relocated from Cook Street to
Saint Patrick’s Street 2004
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Nancy, That is the style, only you need the sing song Cork accent!
Another priceless work. Dianne
Some public sculpture will almost call out to me to take a picture, this was one of those moments. I love the representation of real life as it comes through in this one. The socks round the ankles, the over-sized jacket (probably a hand-me-down) with the out of shape pocket stretched out of shape by all the pennies paid for the papers!
Lovely!
It really is!
Nice picture of Echo Boy. There’s an alive-boy sitting in front of the store window with mannequins wearing young boy’s clothes. 😀
The old and the new, I did not plan that to happen, but it shows a difference in clothes style and the modern well fed, care free life of children today.
Part of my childhood. Saw this a few weeks ago.
XO
WWW
I took the photo (and the one for next week) when I was in Cork in July. naturally, I thought of you when I was there.
Those boys still existed in the Eighties, on Johannesburg streets. The Hub would always buy a paper from them because they were trying to make an honest living in a difficult world.
We still have people selling evening newspapers in Dublin these days, they stand at traffic lights and walk between the lines of stopped cars in the hope of selling their papers. Nowadays they are adults and immigrants, mainly of African origin.
Your photograph’s composition with the show windows back drop and the young lad at the background with one foot up on the sill is simply outstanding.
I had waited for a couple of adults to move on, but somehow did not notice the child until I saw the photo onscreen.
Unintended compositions can be the most interesting… funny what we don’t see until the pic is developed…
Some of my best photos have been pure chance.
He’s wonderful. What a lovely way of commemorating the, all.
Life was tough back then for many families, and it is good to see that they are not forgotten.
Hi there! I just nominated you for the Liebster Award! You can find out more information on my blog:
http://craftycoup.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/ive-been-nominated-for-the-liebster-award/#more-914
CraftyC, how thoughtful of you. I will take a look at it tomorrow.