Survey Data
Reg No
22312051
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1895 - 1905
Coordinates
212699, 158633
Date Recorded
01/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding carved limestone monument of larger than life-size standard bearer, erected 1900, set on pedestal having low relief sculptures of patriots Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Wolfe Tone and Robert Emmet on three sides. Plaque to base and inscription commemorate Rising of 1798. Bevelled stepped plinth.
Appraisal
This sculptural piece provides an artistic focus for Liberty Square and a political counterpoint to the cultural nationalism of the status of Archbishop Croke. Erected by local people to mark the centenary of the 1798 rising, it is nonetheless informed by universal images of liberty as a standard bearer. Wolfe Tone, Lord Edward Fitzgerald and Thomas Emmet are represented in the low-relief sculptures on the pedestal. Signed by O'Shea, Kilkenny.