Commissioned by Roscommon County Council, this work honours the generations of farmers and bogland workers in the Roscommon area over the years. Those whose labour shaped both the land and local community. Their work often unrecognised was vital: tilling soil, cutting turf and sustaining households. It is a reminder of the hard physical effort that supported Irish livelihoods for centuries.

Story has it that this Giant’s spade belongs to a giant who lives among the tall red cedars in the extensive Mote Park woodlands.