Mr. George MacCann's “Fish" has already created a little stir in Belfast when it was displayed privately. It is in alabaster with gilded metal fins, and stands on a marble slab. It is undoubtedly a remarkable piece of work, and the sculptor should go far. He has or has had inclinations towards the Futuristic school, as proved in  “The Stone Woman”. This inclination is apparent also in his drawings of outdoor life and of horses, all of which are beautiful. Another piece of his sculpture worth taking note of is "Mercy" in which the Russian features of the subject are strongly cast in bronze.

?~Belfast Telegraph 1933

Mr. McCann’s sculpture is on the lines of Henry Moore, who is at the moment holding a most successful exhibition in London. As a sculptor he aims at abstracting the essential elements in a subject, and expressing them in a variety of materials. His work may be said to display, for the first time in this province, an attempted solution of contemporary problems. It is almost all of the revolutionary type.

Review of exhibition, Belfast Newsletter, November 1933

Mr. George MacCann’s work is arousing much controversy. Looked at the angles of form, the sculpture has decided beauty, and the craftsmanship is always superb. It is to be doubted , however, whether he has succeeded in producing works of unique forcefulness. In many ways his drawings are more vigorous than his sculptures and are more impressive. The Head of Mercy Hunter is most satisfying. There is something incomplete, and unfinished in those sculptures  despite the excellence of their craftsmanship, and despite the fact that they have the essential quality of sculpture – strength.

Irish News, November 1933