Survey Data
Reg No
50130090
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical
Original Use
Grave monument
In Use As
Grave monument
Date
1895 - 1900
Coordinates
314656, 236910
Date Recorded
21/06/2018
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding limestone Celtic cross funerary monument, erected c. 1896, comprising stepped chamfered base and tapered plinth with memorial inscription to north face. Celtic cross profusely and differently enriched to all faces with spirals and interlacing, studs to each end and centre of head, and with house-shaped shrine-style top. Lowest panel of front face features series of six interlaced creatures biting tail of fellow to front. Gravelled enclosure having barley twist wrought-iron rail and piers, latter having cross finials, on chamfered limestone dwarf plinth wall. Located adjacent to south boundary of Glasnevin Cemetery.
Appraisal
A richly carved Celtic cross funerary monument, erected in memory of Bishop Patrick Duggan (1813-96). Carved in limestone, the monument is of high craft and artistic value. It is a good example of the Celtic-Revival style that grew in popularity during the nineteenth century in the context of developing scholarship and nationalist sentiment. It terminates a row of high-quality memorials along the south perimeter of Glasnevin Cemetery, adjacent to the mausoleum of Cardinal McCabe, lifelong friend of Duggan. Duggan was ordained in 1841 and nominated Bishop of Clonfert in 1871. He was sympathetic to the aims of the Land League and Home Rule and was brought to trial, along with several other clerics, following a charge of undue influence on the results of the County Galway by-election of 1872, won by Home Rule candidate John Nolan, later overturned.