Fundraising for new KCA-commissioned heritage wall mural

Fundraising continues for the KCA initiative of a Kilcullen Heritage Wall Mural, which will serve as an eye-catching feature at the Newbridge Road entrance to the town, writes Brian Byrne. The mural will complement several other artworks around the town, many of them KCA-sponsored, and will cover the entire double gables of a formerly derelict building now under refurbishment by Fitzpatrick Heavey Homes. 

Fundraising is centred on an iDonate page. “These things are quite expensive, and we will need grants and the support from the community to make it happen,” KCA chair Anne Cashman said at the launch event in Fallons before Christmas. “But it is a beautiful, vibrant image and will be a fantastic piece of art to add to the town.” She said Kilcullen has a gold medal standard in Tidy Towns to live up to, and this will be another great addition.

The artistic team that won the commission tender, All Out Design, has developed a Visual Story for Kilcullen theme, incorporating local history, heritage, nature and the environment. The draft design includes motifs of Kilcullen bridge, a horse, a stylised waving hand of welcome, the Liffey, swans, badgers, and wildflowers.

It is hoped to have the piece in place in the spring.

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