A special monument dedicated to hurling will be unveiled in Kilkenny this week

When is the football one being unveiled?

Visitors to Kilkenny who do now know about the county's obsession with hurling will have that rectified this week. Everyone in Ireland knows that life on Noreside revolves around one thing, and that is our national sport. Children going to school with hurls are a regular sight in Kilkenny city, and the county's fever for all matters hurling is unparalleled in Ireland. It's probably the reason  why they are the standard bearers when it comes to the stick and sliotar game, and that fact is being publicly marked this week in the marble city. This Thursday a special sculpture, more than three years in the making, will be unveiled in the city, and Kilkenny residents are eager to see the finished product. This is the scale version of the moument which fans will see later this week. The monument, crafted by Clareman Barry Wrafter features 3 hurlers, in black and amber, with hurls and helmets, reaching for a sliotar. The sculpture will be unveiled at Canal Square at John’s Bridge in the city this Thursday morning. We're just shocked it's not a statue of Brian Cody.