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Limerick War Memorial

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Limerick War Memorial
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War Memorial - plaque "In memory of Limerick men who died in both World Wars 1914-1918; 1939-1945"
War Memorial - plaque "In memory of Limerick men who died in both World Wars 1914-1918; 1939-1945" · Photo: GilPe · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Freestanding cut-limestone war memorial, designed 1960, on reclaimed cut-granite stepped base. Street fronted.
A war memorial erected to designs (1960) by Ronald "Ronnie" J. Hickey (d. 2015) of Cratloe, County Clare, representing an important component of the twentieth-century built heritage of Limerick. NOTE The war memorial replaced a "Cross of Sacrifice" erected (1929) by the Limerick Branch of the British Legion and destroyed (1957) by an explosion 'thought to have been caused by a stick of gelignite' (Limerick Leader 17th August 1957).

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NOTE The war memorial replaced a "Cross of Sacrifice" erected (1929) by the Limerick Branch of the British Legion and destroyed (1957) by an explosion 'thought to have been caused by a stick of gelignite' (Limerick Leader 17th August 1957).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21517285

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