I admit to being a bit of a softie with it comes to dogs, but damn -- that is a touching monument!
John
And the sculptor was a stickler for accuracy, especially with regards to a breed so important in Irish legend....
"This, in the matter of size and structure, truthfully represents the Irish wolf-hound, a dog which has been extinct for more than a hundred years. – William Rudolph O’Donovan"Birdwatcher