Survey Data
Reg No
15703737
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1950 - 1955
Coordinates
299275, 120935
Date Recorded
29/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding obelisk-topped monument, built 1951-2, on a square plan. Set on gorse-covered outcrop.
Appraisal
A monument commemorating 'the Gallant Insurgents who triumphed over English Forces' at the Battle of Three Rocks (30th May 1798). The foundation stone for the monument was laid (12th June 1938) by Margaret McCall (née Furlong) (1869-1944) whose husband, Patrick Joseph "P.J." McCall (1861-1919), composed "Boolavogue" (1898) to commemorate the centenary of the 1798 Rebellion (New Ross Standard 10th June 1938, 2). The monument was unveiled (2nd June 1952) before 'fifteen thousand people assembled on the heather and rock-strewn windswept slopes of the Three Rock Mountain' but the proposed dedication was postponed owing to the theft of the plaque the previous evening (New Ross Standard 6th June 1952, 5).