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But now, perhaps two thousand years later, Galvia – as she is known in Latin, is set to return; seven feet high in shimmering bronze, but due to a few unforeseeable project delays, she is running a bit late...

After several millennia of waiting—give or take a few centuries of myth-making, hair-washing, and river-drowning—the city of Galway has decided, at long last, to honour a woman in bronze. Yes, Galvia, the mythical princess presumed to be the namesake of the city, is getting a statue. And not just any statue: one that may, planning permission and divine intervention permitting, actually be installed in a public place before the next ice age.

Minister for the Diaspora and International Development Ciaran Cannon has called for the development of an initiative in Galway similar to the Dublin`s Talking Statues project which would enable tourists to receive a phone call from the characters depicted in the statues in the city and county.