Voyager, a ten-foot bronze sculpture by the internationally acclaimed artist Linda Brunker, greets the rising sun on the promenade at Laytown.
The intricately-wrought work which gazes eastwards over the Irish Sea has become synonymous with the village since it was installed in 2004.
A slightly earlier version of Voyager has, since 2002, been facing in a westerly direction towards the Pacific Ocean at Laguna Beach in California.