A descendant of the Irish-born inventor of the modern-day submarine has created a sculpture in his honour, made from recycled airliner parts.
John Phillip Holland, who grew up in Co Clare before emigrating to the United States, developed the first modern submarine in the 1870s - a design that was formally commissioned by the US Navy.One of the inventor's descendants is acclaimed Irish industrial designer Shane Holland.
Mr Holland's celebration of aviation, marine engineering and heritage craft will be on display at the Art Source fair at the RDS in Dublin later this month.Art Source features 200 of the best in contemporary Irish and international artists and galleries. "I work closely with the staff at the recycling business near my workshop, and one day they gave me a call to tell me to get down there because they were expecting a truckload of aviation stuff that they knew I'd be interested in.
"He also taught maths and music in Drogheda, Co Louth, and would have tested the early submersible designs with his students up the River Boyne, near me, so there are a lot of parallels between us."
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