
What is recorded here
Freestanding monument, designed 1855; built 1858-9, on a square plan comprising urn-topped limestone ashlar fluted Greek Doric column on margined tooled limestone ashlar panelled pedestal on drag edged cut-limestone plinth. Set on an elevated corner site. NOTE: Designed by John Petty (d. 1880) of Ennis (Clare Journal 15th November 1855) and 'ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO CORNELIUS O BRIEN [1782-1857] THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COUNTY IN PARLIAMENT FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AS A LASTING RECORD OF HIS PUBLIC CONDUCT AND PRIVATE WORTH'. The fluted Greek Doric column of silver-grey Liscannor limestone was originally to feature a life-size statue of O'Brien in the manner of the O'Connell Monument (1859-63) in Ennis (see 20000001) but it was ultimately crowned by a bulbous funerary urn.
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Places near here
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Saint Bridget's National Schoolschool · 370 yd
Cliffs of MoherCliff · 1.3 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.3 mi
Cliffs of Moher Visitor CentreVisitor information · 1.4 mi
John P. Holland CentreMuseum · 1.5 mi
Sea StackMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Liscannor Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.6 mi
Sightseeing Cliffs of Moher SouthViewpoint · 1.9 miOther information
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