Bray's Katie Taylor Immortalised On Side Of Dublin Pub

Monday, 17 June 2019 14:41

By Hugh O'Farrell Walsh

The Back Page pub in Phibsborough hired street artist Emmalene Blake to create the piece.

The Back Page pub in Phibsborough hired street artist Emmalene Blake to create the piece.

Her work on a powerful mural in Belfast dedicated to the murdered journalist Lyra McKee has also received high praise.

There have been calls for a statue of undisputed champion Katie - who's also a gold medal Olympian - to be erected in her hometown, Bray.

An online petition has been set up to convince Wicklow County Council to commission a piece.

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