1861 – Wellington Monument, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Built to commemorate the victories of the ‘Iron Duke’ Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, who was born in Dublin,
Built to commemorate the victories of the ‘Iron Duke’ Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, who was born in Dublin,
From The Builder, April 30, 1870: The column of which an illustration is has been erected by public subscription aa memorial of the late Earl of Carlisle who through a long life one of the most and useful men in his county is best known the general public as Viceroy of Ireland high post he occupied for eight years.
A small little obelisk commemorating a local landowner. This simple monument would benefit from some landscaping – perhaps a larger traffic island to allow people to approach it.
The Rossmore Memorial in the Diamond and was probably designed by E.J. Tarver as a memorial to the 4th Baron Rossmore who died after a hunting accident at Windsor Castle in 1874 aged 23.
Erected at the cost of Col. Akroyd and published in The Building News, May 11th 1877.
This memorial sundial, which is a Grade II listed structure, was unveiled in 1879 by Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906),
The statue celebrating Sir John Gray (1816-75) for his efforts in bringing a water supply to Dublin in 1868.
Built to commemorate the “Liberator” Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847) after whom the street was renamed after independence.
Fr Theobald Mathew (1790-1856) was a Cork-born Capuchin Friar who led a great temperance movement from 1839-1856.