World's largest outdoor light artwork on Connemara mountains ahead of St Patrick's Day 2020
An artist has captivated Ireland by lighting up mountains for St Patrick's Day as celebrations were cancelled amid fears over coronavirus.
Finnish artist Kari Kola lit up the mountains in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland in the traditional colours of St Patrick's Day of blue and green with his work of 1,000 lights.
Mr Kola's light work of 1,000 lights beamed on to the mountains next to Lough Na Fuaiche, one of Ireland's glacial lakes.
His artwork, named Savage Beauty, spanned a total of five kilometres across the Connemara Mountains.
The event was supposed to run this from Saturday to Tuesday, but this was cancelled and the production team had to dismantle the work last night.
Ireland cancelled its usual parade through the streets of Dublin amid fears of spreading the disease. Ireland has today recorded its second death to the virus, and all schools in the country have been closed.
Jim Lenaghan wrote online: 'Kari Kola's beautiful lighting instalation 'Savage Beauty' did get its chance to shine at Lough Na Fuaiche last night in an unannounced tech run & to be videoed.
'It was stunning! Mountain mist swirled around the uplands making the whole thing very ethereal'.