History - Memorials & Monuments
In Honour & Memory - Memorials of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
Introduction
This booklet looks at a small aspect our heritage. The public memorials of the county are a discreet part of our cultural heritage but they are important physical reminders of what are often intangible aspects of our identity.
The booklet deals for the most part with memorials to those who have achieved great things in their lives and through a plaque or piece of sculpture are given public recognition for those works. The range of people is bewilderingly eclectic. There are a considerable number of these but, given the people who have lived in the county in recent centuries, the number is perhaps surprisingly low Maybe as a county we should look to develop a policy around recognising the achievements of our citizens.
A large part of the other memorials are personal ones. These are usually in the form of trees and benches in public parks or roadside memorials. These are dealt with in a pull out section and maybe there could have been more made of them. However, this would have been impractical given the lack of details dealing with many of them. None-the-less there are obviously powerful emotions and stories attached to each.
 Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
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 Boyd Monument, East Pier 101.29 KB |
 King Laoghaire, Crofton Road 98.16 KB |
 RMS Leinster Anchor, Queens Road 113.32 KB |
 Kingstown Lifeboat Men, East Pier 114.70 KB |
 Michael Malin Plaque, Train Station 113.39 KB |
 Guglielmo Marconi, Moran Park House 109.81 KB |
 Patrick Moran, Moran Park House 98.31 KB |
 Queen Victoria Monument, Crofton Road 87.67 KB |
 Dun Laoghaire Railway Painting 105.45 KB |
 Robert O'Donovan Plaque, Opposite Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Town Hall 107.26 KB |
 Christ The King Commemoration 105.82 KB |
 King George IV Painting 99.70 KB |
 Aerial View Dun Laoghaire Harbour 95.76 KB |
 Hobblers Plaque, Marina East Breakwater 123.49 KB |
The geographic spread of the memorials, primarily in the eastern part of the county, is not the result of any bias. It just reflects the fact that this is where there has been a longer history of population - primarily since the construction of the harbour at Dun Laoghaire. This population has also been perhaps the most significant population in terms of cultural influence.
This booklet claims to be a comprehensive list of public memorials but it is not definitive. Just when I thought I was done I would pass another plaque on a house! There are definitely memorials that have been missed. Please let us know if you know of ones that have not been included. Should this booklet be reprinted they will be included.
Tim Carey Heritage Officer, DLRCC. County Hall, Dun Laoghaire. Co. Dublin April 2007
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Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the generous help of the following in the production of this publication - Catherine Malone, Edith Andrees, Sinead Carey, Simon Coate and the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, the National Portrait Gallery, London, Wellesley College Archive, University College Dublin, Eliane Pearce, Lena Ryan, the National Library of Ireland, the Science and Society Picture Library, Brian Crowley and Niall Bergin of Kilmainham Gaol and Museum, the Burton family, Inpho, the Irish Times, Ken Kinsella, New York Public Library, Peter Barrow, the owners of all the houses featured in this publication and the staff of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for their suggestions. Picture credits Page 6 (top), page 70 (top), page74 (top) all courtesy David Davison, page 10 courtesy Burton family, page 12, page 50 (top), page 57 all courtesy Kilmainham Gaol and Museum, page 16 (top) courtesy New York Public Library, page 18, page 21, page 54 and page 79 all National Portrait Gallery, London, page 23, page 37, page 48 (top), page 62 (top), page 80 (top) all courtesy Science and Society Picture Library, page 29 courtesy Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company and Peter Barrow, page 30 courtesy Ken Finlay, page 36 (top) courtesy Wellesley College Archive, page 39 copyright Elizabeth Solterer. Reproduced by permission of University College Dublin Library, page 34 (top) courtesy Hilda van Stockum and National Gallery of Ireland, page 40 (top) and page 81 courtesy National Library of Ireland, page 58 (bottom) courtesy Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society, page 69 courtesy Inpho, page 26 (both) Crinken Church. Personal Memorial locations Peoples Park Dun Laoghaire - memorial obelisk, Dalrymple, McGovern, Murray, Offer, Sheehan, Omagh Peace trees, Christ Church, Courtney, Kate, Osborne, Murphy and Phayre, O'Neill (Prause), Rogerson, Warren, White, Jenkins, Powderly benches. Bulloch Harbour - O'Sullivan, Phelan, Lawless, Maguire benches and 1821 Lifeboat men plaque, Ituna stone bench. Dun Laoghaire Harbour - Oglesby plaque. Monkstown Farm roundabout - Wall plaque. Killiney Hill Park - memorial obelisk, Kellet plaque and May and Pat bench. Bray road near Crinken Church - Fay plaque. Ballycorus Road - Garrigan plaque. Kilmacud Road Upper - Bowman and Ryan plaque. Harold's Grange road - Bright plaque. The Rise! Stillorgan Dual Carriageway - Tighe and Padden.
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