Survey Data
Reg No
15502139
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1885 - 1890
Coordinates
304730, 121851
Date Recorded
06/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding monument, unveiled 1887, on a square plan on cut-granite stepped base. Set in relandscaped grounds shared with Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Appraisal
A monument 'unveiled by the Most Reverend James Browne [1842-1917] Bishop of Ferns' commemorating Reverend James Canon Roche (1801-83) 'the founder of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and its twin sister the Church of the Assumption' (cf. 15505043). NOTE: Variously attributed to Terence Farrell (1798-1876) of Dublin (Strickland 1913, 339) or Sir Thomas Farrell (1827-1900) of Dublin (English 1958, 129).