Giant St Patrick Statue Holding Guinness Removed From Temple Bar by Dublin City Council

Giant St Patrick statue holding Guinness removed from Temple Bar by Dublin City Council

A 12-foot statue of St Patrick holding a pint of Guinness was removed from outside Temple Bar pub in Dublin after just 24 hours - but artist Marc Kelly says it could return next week without the pint

Temple Bar's giant St Patrick statue with pint removed, but creator says it will be back

A 12-foot statue of the patron saint holding a pint was placed outside the iconic Dublin pub on Thursday before Dublin City Council requested its removal

Temple Bar's giant St Patrick with a pint removed after 24 hours as council steps in

The divisive statue was removed on Friday

Giant pint-wielding statue of St Patrick taken down from Temple Bar pub after less than a day

Temple Bar St Patrick statue, we hardly knew ye.

‘A fall from grace’: Statue of St Patrick with pint removed from Temple Bar

The installation was put up yesterday, ahead of the annual wave of visitors to the area for St Patrick’s Day next month.

Statue of St Patrick erected in Temple Bar yesterday, has disappeared today

A massive 30-foot-tall statue of St Patrick, erected outside the Temple Bar pub in the historic tourist district of Dublin yesterday, was taken down this morning under mysterious circumstances. No reason or explanation has been given for the removal of the giant St Patrick figure, though there is some speculation that the giant statue holding a pint of Guinness aloft may have invited complaints, but this has not been confirmed. The statue, which…