1871 – William Kirk Memorial, Keady, Co. Armagh
Larne-born William Kirk (1795-1871) was a merchant and an MP who developed the linen industry in Keady and Darkley.
Larne-born William Kirk (1795-1871) was a merchant and an MP who developed the linen industry in Keady and Darkley.
Started in 1839 by General Robert Browne-Clayton as a memorial to his late commander Sir Ralph Abercromby,
Design for a National Monument to Queen Victoria, to be constructed outside Buckingham Palace. Published in The Builder,
“The terms of the competition required two designs — the second to be a treatment of a cross.
“To the already fine specimens of monumental art placed in Glasnevin Cemetery there has recently been added one, a sketch of which we have considered worthy to present our readers with in this issue.
“This elaborate monument has recently been erected in the Roman Catholic Church at Roscommon, to commemorate the late Catholic bishop of that portion of Ireland.
The second placed entry in a competition for a memorial for Thomas, Third Viscount de Vesci.
Designed by Timothy Hevey and executed by C.W. Harrison of Dublin in memory of the Reverend John Fitzsimons.
An elaborate memorial to a member of the Flood & O’Brien families who were wealthy mine owners in California.
Winner of first prize in an architectural competition to design a memorial to Alderman Peter Tait,