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IE LMOD 509
Title
2000 Paul McGuinness’s Freedom of the City - Joshua Tree
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- Twentieth Century (Creation)
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Crystal, wood. 57 x 33 x 35 cm
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03/08/2011
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Waterford Crystal Joshua Tree on a wooden base awarded to Paul McGuinness along with the Freedom of the City of Dublin. 'Freedom of the City 18 March 2000 Paul McGuinness'
U2 and their manager, Paul McGuinness, were awarded the Freedom of Dublin in 2000. As part of the award, they each received one of these Waterford Crystal models of a Joshua Tree – a reference to the band’s seminal 1987 album. The models were so delicate that only Paul’s survived the journey home.
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Extremely delicate and fragile.