Survey Data
Reg No
12504171
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1925 - 1930
Coordinates
247259, 198625
Date Recorded
29/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding Hiberno Romanesque-style memorial, unveiled 1928, on a square plan. Repositioned, 2001. Set in park.
Appraisal
A memorial designed by Thomas Scully (1869-1946/7) commemorating '17 OFFICERS AND 160 NCOs AND MEN OF THE 4TH BATTALION LEINSTER REGEMENT (ROYAL QUEEN’S COUNTY REGIMENT) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR'. A later panel commemorates 'ALL IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN ALL WARS AT HOME AND ABROAD AND ON U.N. SERVICE'.