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Master McGrath Monument

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Master McGrath Monument
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Freestanding drag edged cut-limestone monument, erected 1873, on a square plan on limestone-covered plinth. Repositioned, 1933. Road fronted on a wedge-shaped site.
An obelisk-topped monument 'erected by the subscriptions of a few admirers of MASTER McGRATH [1866-73]' representing an important component of the later nineteenth-century built heritage of County Waterford. NOTE: Inscriptions record Master McGrath's numerous victories including The Visitors Cup at Lurgan (1867); The Creagh Cup (1867); The Waterloo Cup (1869); The Brownlow Cup (1870); and The Waterloo Cup (1871).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22903003

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Pictures: BrendanLacey72, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Slamforeman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0; Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Audrius Janecka, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; TheLizardQueen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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