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White Sicilian marble holds a wounded pike man with a broken shaft, his bandaged forehead lifting defiance toward the centre of Ballinamuck. The monument appeared in 1928 for the 150th anniversary of the 1798 battle, shaping village memory around a peasant fighter rather than a distant general. It still stands before the visitor’s centre, making history visible in marble, granite and iron.

Freestanding memorial monument, erected 1928, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Ballinamuck (1798). Comprises a statue of a wounded Irish pike man, carved in white Sicilian marble, over a moulded stepped ashlar granite base (on square-plan), having marble commemorative plaques to each face with inscriptions in English and Gaelic. Enclosed by wrought-iron railings, rubble sandstone plinth wall to the front (west). Located to front of visitor’s centre (13301002) to the centre of Ballinamuck village.

Irish rebels under Michael Dwyer fought British forces at the Battle of Ballinamuck in August 1798; the rebels were defeated, marking a significant setback for the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The battle mattered as it contributed to the collapse of the uprising and reinforced British control in Ireland.

Designed by Mr B. Hughes of Dublin, this finely carved memorial monument exhibits fine design and skilled craftsmanship. The statue depicts a wounded Irish pike man, with bandage to forehead, clutching a broken shaft and defiantly facing his adversaries. He is dressed in the peasant style of the time in knee breeches and brogues, thus representing the local rebels who heroically took part in the last stand of the Battle of Ballinamuck, 1798. This poignant and well-composed monument acts as a suitable memorial to one of the major events in the history of County Longford and is an integral element of the built heritage of the area.

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