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Freestanding
memorial,
erected
c.
1956,
comprising
bronze
statue
of
The
Three
Fates,
atop
stepped
roughly
hewn
granite
slab
at
centre
of
shallow
round-plan
fountain
having
rock-faced
ashlar
granite
surround.
Bronze
sculpted
statue
of
three
robed
and
hooded
female
figures
cast
in
two
sections,
highest
figure
with
left
hand
raised
and
holding
spool
of
string,
middle
figure
standing
with
right
hand
raised,
third
and
lowest
crouching,
each
figure
holding
piece
of
thread.
Three
brass
plaques
fixed
to
top
of
wall
around
fountain,
that
facing
east
inscribed
'With
gratitude
for
the
help
given
to
German
children
by
the
Irish
people
after
World
War
II.
Roman
Herzog
president
of
the
Federal
Republic
of
Germany
23.03.1997';
inscription
repeated
in
Irish
and
German.
Plaque
to
south
side
inscribed
'This
fountain
designed
by
the
sculptor
Josef
Wackerle
is
the
gift
of
the
people
of
the
German
Federal
Republic
to
mark
their
gratitude
for
Ireland's
help
after
the
war
of
1939-45.
Group
portrays
the
legendary
Three
Fates
spinning
and
measuring
the
thread
of
man's
destiny';
inscription
repeated
in
Irish
on
plaque
to
north.
Facing
east,
located
at
southeast
corner
of
Saint
Stephen's
Green
park,
at
junction
between
tarmacadam
paths,
facing
entrance
gates.
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