monuments ireland

The Spire in Dublin points skyward over the historic Irish capital like an enormous needle. It was built at a cost of four million euro and is the focal point of a project aimed at rejuvenating the O'Connell Street district, Dublin's traditional shopping and cultural hub.
Officially titled The Spire, though another consideration was The Brian Boru Spire, the monument has gained plenty of more colourful names by locals. Some of the cleaner examples include ‘The Spike’, ‘The Spire in the...

John Barry Memorial - Gazing out to sea, opposite the tourist office in the Crescent, is the fine figure in bronze of Commodore John Barry - father of the American Navy. Born in Wexford, he went to sea as a boy and settled in the United States. During the American War of Independence he became a naval hero and was made Commander-in-chief of the Navy in 1797. He is buried in St. Mary's Churchyard in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The statue was presented to Ireland by the U.S. government to honour the o...

Hindu-Gothic gatelodge on the road to quaint Villerstown, built in the 19th Century to mark the marriage of a popular local landlord and MP....

A strange monumental garden ornament incorporating three medieval sculptures (a unicorn, a saint and a lion), and a long and curious inscription of 1757....

Worth the detour of 5km to the north, near Ballaun, is a remarkable artistic relic of older religion, a national monument, the Tutoe Stone. This is a pillar stone decorated with patterns of Celtic La Tene design beautifully done
Believed to date from the first century A.D. and showing similarities with similar pillar-stones in Brittany, the art on this stone is generally recognized as being the finest of its type in Ireland....

A tall Standing Stone believed to mark a prehistoric grave site....

This is a granite column memorial to Sir Ralph Abercromby, British commander-in-chief in the period before the 1798 Rising. He was forced to resign after protesting to his government against the cruelty and licentiousness of the soldiery....

Prehistoric landscape with a court tomb, wedge tomb, cairns stone circles and field walls reported to be the remains of a Stone Age settlement.
Nearby in Mullaboy Churchyard lies an ancient stone cross.

Location : Off Dungiven Road

Opening Hours: All year - Restricted to viewing from fenced area...

The centre of the walled city the Diamond was once occupied by the Town Hall but since 1927 it has been the site of the War Memorial. The bronze statues and portland stone which stand 40ft high and 27ft wide are in memeory of those from Derry who fought and lost their lives during World War 1 1914-1918. Each year the November Poppy Day Parade commemorates the war heroes and the memeory of all who last thier lives. Open All Year....

Governor George Walker Memorial Garden located on Society Street next to the Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall is a monument to the Governor of Derry during the Siege of 1689. The 9 foot statue originally stood on an 80 foot high pillar at the Royal Bastion on Mall Wall from 1832 to 1973 when the pillar was destroyed by a bomb. The inscription perpetuates the memory of Reverend George Walker for his bravery throughout the Siege.

Admission : Free

Location : Off Bishop...