Survey Data
Reg No
15603143
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1905 - 1910
Coordinates
297231, 139848
Date Recorded
13/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding monument, designed 1906; dated 1907; cast 1908; unveiled 1908, on a square plan on cut-limestone plinth. Street fronted on concrete brick cobbled square.
Appraisal
A monument signed (1907) by Oliver Sheppard RHA (1865-1941) representing an important component of the early twentieth-century built heritage of Enniscorthy (cf. 15503028). NOTE: A foundation stone was laid by Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde MP (1862-1935) who had attended the laying of the foundation stone of the 1798 Monument in Wexford. The choice of Market Square was a compromise once permission to erect a monument on Vinegar Hill was refused by the Portsmouth Estate.