{"id":2698,"date":"2016-05-26T21:11:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T21:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2018-05-25T09:34:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T09:34:56","slug":"hurling-sculpture-unveiled-in-kilkenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=2698","title":{"rendered":"Hurling sculpture unveiled in Kilkenny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An amazing new hurling sculpture has been erected at Canal Square in Kilkenny city centre. This culture celebrates the success of hurling in Kilkenny city and county. \u00a0The piece was sculpted\u00a0in Kilkenny limestone by\u00a0Sculptor, Barry Wrafter. The prominent location on Canal Square is already becoming an attraction for locals and tourists alike. There is a wonderful backdrop of the river Nore and Kilkenny Castle.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2699\" style=\"width: 843px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2699\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2699\" src=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Waiting for the official unveiling!\" width=\"833\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-1.jpg 833w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-1-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-1-432x300.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting for the official unveiling!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2700\" style=\"width: 929px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2700\" src=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-2.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the large crowd\" width=\"919\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-2.jpg 919w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-2-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-2-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-2-500x292.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the large crowd<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2701\" style=\"width: 355px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2701\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2701\" src=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-3.jpg\" alt=\"the Sculpture is finally officially unveiled for all to see!\" width=\"345\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-3.jpg 345w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sculpture-3-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the Sculpture is finally officially unveiled for all to see!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An amazing new hurling sculpture has been erected at Canal Square in Kilkenny city centre. This culture celebrates the success of hurling in Kilkenny city and county. \u00a0The piece was sculpted\u00a0in Kilkenny limestone by\u00a0Sculptor, Barry Wrafter. The prominent location on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=2698\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":357,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[798,801,800,799,796,797],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kilkenny-city","category-news","tag-barry","tag-canal-square","tag-kilkenny-limestone","tag-sculpted","tag-sculpture","tag-wrafter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2702,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions\/2702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}