1868 – Prince Albert Statue, Leinster House, Dublin
Architect: John Henry Foley
Statue commemorating the Prince Consort, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, on the site of the Irish Exhibition of 1853.
Statue commemorating the Prince Consort, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, on the site of the Irish Exhibition of 1853.
The statue was proposed in 1869, but Dublin Corporation turned down the various sites proposed including the then Carlisle Bridge,
Built to commemorate the “Liberator” Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847) after whom the street was renamed after independence.