The Big Fish landed on Donegall Quay in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1999. At 33 feet long, the giant salmon sculpture is a celebration of the return of fish to the River Lagan, and is cladded with ceramic tiles imprinted with text and images of the history of the city. Also called The Salmon of Knowledge, it is based on a character in the story "The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn,” where a fish eats some hazelnuts that had fallen in the Well of Wisdom and thereby gains all the knowledge of the world. Word is… if you pat or kiss the sculpture you too will gain knowledge and good luck.

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