monuments ireland

Its architecture is unspoilt. The smithy, old school-cum-community hall and nearby house illustrate typical single storey buildings, simple in design, characteristic of the Irish village. The a group of sophisticated monuments: the decorated bases and part shafts of two 9th century high crosses, and a 15th century carved doorway set into the walls of a much older church, all within the probable site of the monastery founded by St Ruadhan who died in 545. A short distance past this grou...

In the tree-lined triangle before the courthouse, a memorial has been erected to Eamon de Valera, the former president of Ireland who was a T.D. (member of Irish Parliament) for the county from 1917 to 1959 and taoiseach (prime minister) for the greater part of that period. The memorial is in the form of a statue, larger than life size of the great man. It gives a good impression of the dominance exercised during his life by the tall, austere figure. Steele's Rock nearby commemorates "Honest...

The Browne Doorway has stood in Eyre Square for three-quarters of a century. It was removed from an old mansion in Lower Abbeygate Street and bears the arms of the Brown and Lynch families dated 1627. It is now the entrance to the John Fitzgerald Memorial Park, Eyre Square....

A Memorial column designed as a replica of Pompey's pillar, erected in 1841 to the memory of Sir Ralph Abercromby....

49 Hands Across the Divide is the work of local Sculptor Maurice Harron. The bronze statues standing on separate columns with outstretched hands depicts a theme of reconciliation. this monument was unveiled dring July 1992 by the Environment and Economy Minister for Northern Ireland Mr Robert Atkins. This impressive landmark stands as a welcoming feature as you approach the city centre. Open all year....

This life sized statue personifies Erin. It commemorates the death of three Irish Nationalists, Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, who were executed in Manchester in 1867 for their part in a Fenian rescue attempt. The column is topped by the figure of a young woman with a harp and wolfhound-the traditional symbols of romantic Ireland....

The strong iron cannons, which have stood in Eyre Square for as long as anybody can remember, were presented to the Connaught Rangers, at the end of the Crimean War. The Rangers who subsequently became known throughout the world for their mutiny in India during 1920 in support of the Irish War of Independence, were involved in the Alma Valley battles in 1854. During the course of the campaign they captured and destroyed the town of Burlymk. To mark this and other military achievements they were...

In 1933 the successful damming of the Kilkeel River valley was the culmination of 30 years work initiated by Belfast City and District Water work initiated by Belfast City and District Water Commissioners ( responsible by an Act of parliament to supply water to the city of Belfast) This set in place first the Mourne Wall and then the immense reservoir in a renamed "silent valley". Built to gather waters from a mountain catchment extending over most of the High Mournes, the Silent Valley and Ben...

Dublin's widest and principal thoroughfare, O'Connell Street takes its name from the leader of the Catholic Emancipation movement, Daniel O'Connell. It has undergone several tranformations since it was first developed in the early eighteenth century by Henry Moore as Drogheda Street. Dublin owes much to Luke Gardiner and to Bartholomew Mosse, who between them planned the transformation of the street into a grand new avenue.
Badly damaged in the 1916 Rising and in the civil war of 1922...

As you approach this village look out, on the left, for an inscribed rock which commemorates a 'monster' meeting held here in July 1823 by Daniel O'Connell, known as the Liberator for his crusade for Catholic Emancipation in Ireland....