Survey Data
Reg No
11817001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1930 - 1940
Coordinates
272945, 212348
Date Recorded
05/02/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, erected 1935, on inscribed pedestal on inscribed stepped base. Set on wedge-shaped site with shamrock-detailed wrought iron railings to perimeter.
Appraisal
A monument 'erected by Local Committee' commemorating seven men executed (1922) at the Curragh Camp during the Civil War (1922-3): Patrick Bagnall of Fairgreen, Kildare; Stephen White of Abbey Street, Kildare; Jackie Johnston of Station Road, Kildare; Patrick Nolan of Rathbride; Patrick Mangan of Fairgreen, Kildare; Brian Moore of Rathbride; and James Connor of Bansha, County Tipperary.