Survey Data
Reg No
31307816
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1875 - 1880
Coordinates
117132, 285725
Date Recorded
25/11/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding monument, dated 1876, on a square plan. Ivy-covered strap pointed snecked rock faced limestone battered walls with Cross finial-topped lichen-covered cut-limestone "slated" pyramidal capping. Set in unkempt grounds on an elevated site.
Appraisal
A monument 'ERECTED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE GALLANT FRENCH SOLDIERS WHO DIED FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM OF IRELAND ON THE 27TH AUGUST 1798'. NOTE: Organised by a committee led by James Daly (1838-1911) and Patrick William Nally (1856-91) of Balla (cf. 31309018), the monument not only 'anticipated 1798 centennial commemorations by more than two decades', but also '[in] taking the form of a cross...preceded the popularity of Celtic crosses as Ninety-Eight centennial monuments first introduced in 1898' (Beiner 2007, 274-5).