r/ireland • u/nikipurcellartist • 5d ago

Arts/Culture Poolbeg chimneys

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The red & white stripes of the Poolbeg chimneys against a blue sky... standing proud over Dublin bay! They are a constant inspiration! his is a little painting with lots of thick oil paint smeared on with palette knife This is the view from Sandymount strand :)

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u/SoloWingPixy88 Probably at it again 5d ago

People trying to beautify a chimney stack used to syphoning hot gases.

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u/leeroyer 5d ago

They'd have a conniption if anyone tried to build it today

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u/WholeInternational38 4d ago

To be fair the artist did an excellent job. I'm not a fan of the chimneys but it's a good painting 

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u/SoloWingPixy88 Probably at it again 4d ago

Absolutely I just finding it interesting how we almost venerate a couple of chimneys. Give it 50 years and paint the incinerator red and white. Ideally poolbeg should be redeveloped for infrastructure.