Obelisk

In pasture, located in what was formerly the estate of Raheens House, the principal seat of the Browne family. Tall, obelisk-type monument, built of mortared stone, erected in the early 19th-century by Dodwell Browne, Esq., in memory of his wife. Roughly centrally placed on the WSW face is a stone plaque featuring a carving of a woman’s head in profile above which is the inscription 'Maria O Donel Browne'. Below this is another plaque with the inscription "A Maria et a l'amour par son cher epoux Dodwell 1809". At the foot of the monument is an inscription in old Irish script below which is written 'This Cenotaph was built in memorial of Maria Browne O Donel 2d. Daughter of Sir Neal O Donel'. On the ESE face there is plaque with the inscription 'To Gaiety And Innocence'. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 July 2015