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Mr French / Lawarence supplies a wider view earlier - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000322134

Edit - He is holding a stick in his right hand.

Looking through the survey photos on the NBHS (NIAH) site it appears Mr Boru is not there anymore.
NLI needs a Missing Statue tag.

www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11805...

O Mac As you wish!

And you reminded me of this statue, so added Moving, rather than Missing Statue tag.
[https://flic.kr/p/whSXd5]

“AI Overview The famous wooden carving at Celbridge Abbey in County Kildare, historically localized as the "Brian Boru Statue", is a rustic, weather-worn sculpture. It stands within the tranquil, historic grounds along the River Liffey that were famously associated with Jonathan Swift.
Historically, this piece is an example of local folklore rather than an authentic depiction of the High King.
It is one of a few scattered, traditional representations of Brian Boru found around Ireland”

Still no news of his current whereabouts

Has the statue succumbed to decay, being wooden, and no longer exists?

[https://flic.kr/p/fsKg6k]

…. and the end

Source view - GoogleMapsSatellite - maps.app.goo.gl/9A7uuPwSQGRKCRxz8

" ... The River Maine originates from a spring rising in a conical, oval-shaped depression at Tobermaing in County Kerry, situated approximately a quarter mile east of Tobermaing House at an elevation of about 100 feet (30 m) above sea level.[7] This source lies in the southern slopes of the Stack's Mountains, where the upper reaches are also known as the Shanowen River, a primary headwater of the Maine system.[6] From Tobermaing, the river flows westward, passing near and through the town of Castleisland, where it is joined by the Little Maine tributary.[1][6] ... ... "

From - grokipedia.com/page/river_maine_county_kerry (heaps of interesting stuff)

From logainm, Tobermaing / Tobar Mainge is in the barony of Trughanacmy / Triúcha an Aicme. The civil parish is Castleisland / Oileán Ciarraí.

Loads of literary and historical references for the name Tobermaing, and its evolution. Gotta love logainm!

Castleisland
An old record states "Sometimes a stream will come up to the surface, and having flowed upon it for some time, will disappear again to some cavity and resume its subterranean progress". Of this there is an instance at the head of the River Maine which flows into Castlemaine Harbour. The stream rises at Tobermaing, which is situated in a hollow measuring 100 by 60 yards, and 40 to 50 feet deep. Having flowed on the surface of the ground for 35 yards, the stream sinks and rises again a quarter of a mile off, by the roadside on the south of Tobermaing House.
(Kerryman, 25 February 1950)

The catalogue says Rathdowney, Co. Laois

"Thomas Prior (1680 – 21 October 1751) was an Irish author, known as the founder of the Royal Dublin Society."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Prior

catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000313113

Confirmed by the dib:
Prior, Thomas (1681–1751), founder of the Dublin Society and philanthropist, was born in Garrison House, Rathdowney, Queen's Co. (Laois)

www.dib.ie/biography/prior-thomas-a7508

There is a townland called Garrison near Erril, not a million miles west of Rathdowney, with just one house on the historic maps.

www.logainm.ie/en/28727

There is still a farm and farm buildings here, I can't tell if this house is still standing in some form: maps.app.goo.gl/rCErac7aHLivgaJEA