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Freestanding limestone monument erected c. 1928, located adjacent to main entrance to Glasnevin Cemetery. Bowed ashlar limestone roof with chamfered cornice on corbel brackets; central section stepped to east and west elevations over Celtic interlaced band, repeated to gables; central gablets to east and west having simple Celtic cross motif; '1916' in relief to gable apexes at north and south. Roof canopy carried on square-based columns with heavy entasis and Celtic carved cushion capitals set on rectangular base. Solid ashlar limestone wall to west having bronze plaque inscribed with English and Irish translations of poem 'The Sacred Fire'; other elevations open. Figurative Carrera marble sculpture of nationalist 'Pieta' beneath canopy. Monument enclosed by decorative cast-iron railings on cut limestone plinth and stands within rectangular grassed plot. Freestanding limestone block to east, inscribed 'Sigersen Memorial'.
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