monuments ireland

John F. Kennedy Bust:

This bust was erected in Eyre Square in honour of John F. Kennedy. It was from here that President Kennedy addressed the people of Galway when he received the freedom of the city in 1963. The park here at Eyre Square is known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Park....

This centre of 20th century commerce is one of the most striking of Dublin 's 18th century buildings Built in 1729 to house the Irish Parliament , it became redundant when the British and Irish Parliament were united in London. Indeed, the Irish Parliament voted itself out of existence the only recorded parliament in history to do so.

It would be a shame to leave our noble city without spending a few moments in one of Europe’s most unique chambers, the Irish House of Lords, where...

Bannbridge town's most famous son was probably Captain Crozier of North West Passage fame who was born in 1796 at a large house in the town's Church Square. Crozier lead many exploratory trips to the North and South Pole.
Today the house looks out onto the Crozier Monument which has a unique feature at its base - four polar bears who look up at a statue of Captain Crozier whose gaze is to the North West....

The Anna Livia Fountain was built on O Connell Street in Dublin to commemorate the millennium of the city in 1988. Anna Livia is the spirit of the River Liffey.

It is commonly known to Dubliners as the "Floozy in the Jacuzzi".
The monument has now been removed from O'Connell Street and is expected to be moved to the Croppies Memorial on Dublins North Quay....

This was erected to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. It was designed by well known Irish sculptor, Mick Wilkins from Barna, County Galway, who was commissioned by the Italian Embassy to design a piece with a nautical theme. The sculpture looks like a sea bird and is carved in stone....

Patrick Kavanagh was born 21st October 1904 in Iniskeen, County Monaghan. He was educated locally and later worked on his father's farm which he described in some of his works.
Kavanagh's first book "Ploughman and other Poems" was published in 1938, followed by two novels "The Green Fool" and "Tarry Flynn", both considered to be classics.

The following year Kavanagh went to Dublin where he supported himself as a literary journalist contributing articles the "The Bell", "Envoy" and...

More has been written about James Joyce than about Shakespeare.
The eldest son of a spendthrift who brought his large family from prosperity to poverty without relinquishing his standards, Joyce was educated by the Jesuits at Clongowes Wood College, one of the finest private schools in the country, until the money ran out.
He was then offered a free place at Belvedere College in the centre of Dublin to continue his secondary education. Precocious in many respects, he had his fi...

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....

Dun Aengus is a fantastic example of a stone fort which is thought to be over 2000 years old! It is perched on top of a cliff edge about 300 ft above the Atlantic Ocean.
The fort is said to have been built by Aonghusa who was a chief of the Fir Bolg - so it translates as the 'Fort of Aonghusa'.
The impressive stone fort has three enclosures to defend against the enemy. If you look closely enough at one of the walls you will notice vetical, jagged rocks pertruding at an angle....