BENCHMARKS continued
“It was my fate at birth
To make my mark upon the earth.”
When the man who chiselled this 'mark upon the base of the railings of Saint Stephen's Green West, he would have done so unaware that it would later mark the Northern Terminal of the Luas Green Line. “That's what it is now!”
Below: The 'mark on the base of the railings. Note that there is no horizontal line carved above it; Benchmarker suspects that the top of the base wall substituted for this.
Above: St Stephen's Green West looking east towards Harcourt Street, with the 'mark at extreme left bottom, and the Luas Green Line terminal at right. In the middle distance a young couple mimic Bobby and Suzi as seen on the cover of "The Freewheelin' " LP.
