A proposal for a Bram Stoker statue in Dublin

12 April 2012 · Irish Independent

Mark Lawler and John Gallagher

Bram Stoker Estate account

Estate summary

In a letter to the Irish Independent, Mark Lawler and John Gallagher of the Liberties Heritage Association support a proposed Stoker statue beside Dublin City Hall. They connect the location with the nearby offices of the Dublin Evening Mail, for which Bram wrote theatre criticism, and discuss Sheridan Le Fanu’s association with the newspaper. The writers argue that the site would return Stoker to a part of the city connected with his working life. Their statements about a disagreement with the council and family funding are the letter writers’ account, not a council decision or a verified funding agreement. The letter is evidence of public support for commemoration in 2012; it does not show that the statue was approved or erected.

Complete letter, including its signatures and association, inspected in the archived publisher page captured on 15 September 2019. Published 12 April 2012. This is correspondence from Mark Lawler and John Gallagher, Liberties Heritage Association, rather than a news report by the newspaper. Original title: Blood and honour. Claims about negotiations and funding remain attributed.

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The exterior of Dublin City Hall, photographed in 2022. — Dublin City Hall in 2022. The 2012 letter proposed a nearby site; no Stoker statue is shown.Photograph: Zairon, 28 May 2022; CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Unaltered licensed photograph; a later contextual view of the proposed location.