John Ireland statue returns to lower quad

<p>This is a picture of Marvin Eiynck, a masonry worker for OPUS construction company, preparing to install the statue of archbishop John Ireland. (Patrick Roche/TommieMedia)</p> — Marvin Eiynck, a masonry worker for OPUS construction company, prepares to install the statue of Archbishop John Ireland. (Patrick Roche/TommieMedia)

St. Thomas’ statue of Archbishop John Ireland was placed on a pedestal, Thursday, in the lower quad.

The statue has been in storage since June 2009, when it was moved to make way for the remodeling of Schoenecker Arena.

Freshman Mike Phelan was happy to see the addition.

“I saw the stand since I came here, and I figured a statue would be going there,” Phelan said. “It’s pretty cool. It looks a lot better than the hole that was there.”

Ireland was the first archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis, and he founded St. Thomas in 1885.

Patrick Roche can be reached at roch6667@stthomas.edu.

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For a previous taste of this caper, check out
https://www.tommiemedia.com/news/st-thomas-icon-missing/
The narration is straight melting chocolate.

Atta boy Roche! TM has had this story since Day 1. That’s coverage so heavy it’s could be called for “pass interference”

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