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Award-winning local artist bringing woolly mammoth back to life in Co Cavan

Aug 18, 2022 10:54 By News Northern Sound
Award-winning local artist bringing woolly mammoth back to life in Co Cavan
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Monaghan-based artist Marc Kelly has been commissioned to create the life-sized sculpture at Belturbet.

An award-winning local artist is bringing the woolly mammoth back to life in Co Cavan.

Belturbet Community Development Association was recently granted permission to build a life-sized replica of the extinct species in the town.

The remains of a woolly mammoth were found on Turbet Island in 1715, dating back thousands of years to the Ice Age.

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Monaghan-based artist Marc Kelly has been commissioned to create the life-sized sculpture, which will be based at the Railway Station Site in Straheglin, Belturbet.

The sculpture will measure 10 by 14 feet, and be placed on a base which will blend into the surrounding ground.

There will also be a "gravel viewing area" with two benches to the front of the woolly mammoth.

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