Survey Data

Reg No

30318059


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Historical, Social


Original Use

Monument


In Use As

Monument


Date

1920 - 1960


Coordinates

129544, 224836


Date Recorded

28/08/2008


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding limestone monument, erected c.1940, comprising sculpted stone statue representing Fr Tom Burke, on plain cut-stone base, atop rectangular-plan cut-stone pedestal with splayed modillions to coping, and inscribed stone plaque to front. Accessed by cut-stone steps.

Appraisal

This finely sculpted statue, by Seán Kavanagh, represents Fr Tom Burke, a Dominican preacher who went preaching in the USA at the end of the nineteenth century and who was known as the 'Prince of the Preachers'. The sculpture adds variety to the cityscape and is a physical reminder of the area's social and religious history.