Here we will explain what each element of the design means and what materials are used.

The Finucane Brothers were hugely instrumental in building ‘economic’, ‘social’ and ‘environmental’ bridges in their trojan efforts to address famine in Africa. The ‘bridges’ often appeared insurmountable – but to the Finucane Brothers no challenge was too much for them.

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UPDATE: 15 March, 2020: This is  the FINAL design. Click on video for a 360 degree view.

Pushing figure:

The pushing human figure is our representation of Aengus Finucane’s life – a man ‘larger than life’ an ‘unstoppable force”, who never shirked a challenge.

Seated figure:

The seated human figure is our representation of Jack Finucane – the contemplative, reflective problem solver, who like his brother Aengus, was a passionate humanitarian and problem solver.

Timber seat - material will be OSB Tricoya XTREME with an appropriate weather resistant non-chemical oil finish.

Here the Shannon river is reflected in the shape of the seat/bench. It surrounds ‘the island’ – see image below. It is apt as this is representative of the point from where the Finucane Brothers reached out to the world with their (Limerick) Courage, Justice, Humanity and Action.

 

Seat support pillars

 The six support pillars will be made of concrete. They will have a 50mm square stainless steel 4mm box tubing running through the centre which will be connected to a bottom ss plate and to a bracket on top to fix to the wooden seating.

 Material used:

The seat support pillars will be made from Ecocem Next Generation Cement. Ecocem Next Generation Cement uses the best available technology to produce a specially formulated blend of traditional cement. For more info on Ecocem please visit their website

Wall-island

 

The Island: 

This dry-stone wall is a scaled representation of the island in the Shannon at  Barrington’s Pier- the proposed site for the Concern Commemorative Bench. It is symbolic of the City of Limerick from where the Finucane Brothers first reached out to the people of Africa. The dry-stone wall is also a constant reminder of Ireland’s famine past. The image below depicts Aengus Finucane pushing a stone wall over  or if you like breaking “the cycle of famine”.

 

Materials- Reclaimed stone from the Famine walls  of Limerick generously provided by Limerick 2030

Pushing figure

 The pushing human figure is our representation of Aengus Finucane’s life – a man ‘larger than life’ an ‘unstoppable force”, who never shirked a challenge. It is designed to say ‘yes life is full of struggles that often seem insurmountable’ but Aengus Finucane, in posterity, will  challenge, empower and initiate action in all who view this Commemorative Bench. 

Materials: 10 mm stainless steel rod-frame filled with Wexford river stone- naturally shaped by thousands of years of gentle movement.

Seated figure

The seated human figure is our representation of Jack Finucane – the contemplative, reflective problem solver, who like his brother Aengus, was a passionate humanitarian and problem solver. His representation on this seat/bench will be an invitation for passer’s-by to stop, rest and reflect and hopefully be inspired to act for ‘the poorest of the poor’ in Africa.

Materials: 10 mm stainless steel rod-frame filled with Wexford river stone- naturally shaped by thousands of years of gentle movement.

Cobbles

 The cobbles will be of granite laid out in a circle.