Survey Data
Reg No
20301205
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1900 - 1905
Coordinates
99542, 155043
Date Recorded
04/09/1997
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cut-limestone Hiberno Romanesque-style monument, erected 1903, by Joseph K. Bracken (1852-1904) of County Tipperary comprising cut-stone plinth, two-tier arcaded pedestal with plain and barley sugar columns, surmounted by carved limestone statue. Inset plaques to lower section of pedestal and low relief portraits to upper section of pedestal. Plaques inscribed in English, Irish and French. Celtic strap work to column capitals. Surrounded by cut-stone plinth with hooped railings. Erected in memory of the Manchester Martyrs.