A man is searching for a large public sculpture created by his father for the original Galway shopping centre back in the 1970s.
Eamon Delaney is trying to track down many artworks produced by his father Edward Delaney, RHA, for the records.
Mr Delaney said: "The sculpture has vanished and I am wondering what has become of it. I believed the sculpture was a family group made from bronze and brass and it seems with the redevelopment of that shopping centre and area it just went missing. It was an abstract piece of art in the traditional of Henry Moore. The figures were people and of course, I believe the shopping centre was the first in Galway and the figure helped bring people into the shopping space.
"There is still a small chance the sculpture or parts of it, might be around somewhere. I have written to the original developer Pat Doherty of the site about the sculpture."
Mr Delaney's father has strong links with Galway having lived in Carraroe. "He was originally from Mayo and was resident in Carraroe until he died, and it is only in the last few years we sold his house where he had a sculpture called Beyond the Pale. He had great success in Dublin and abroad."
In 2009, Mr Delaney wrote a book about his father's career and modern art in Ireland, entitled Breaking the Mould, much of it about building developments like this Galway shopping centre, which included such art works that were created in the sixties and seventies.
"I would just like to know what happened to it and would be grateful if anyone has any information on its whereabouts."
