What is recorded here

Wexford's 1798 Memorial emerged from 1890s nationalist revival, not immediate grief, as rival Irish factions consolidated support through monument-building. Oliver Sheppard's bronze figures captured both revolutionary ambition and clerical narrative, transforming local memory into political instrument. The centenary ceremonies revealed how commemoration serves present power more than past truth, with each sponsor shaping history to fit their cause.

1798 In memory of the men of this district and of their leaders Edward Fitzgerald, Edward Roche, and Thomas Sinnott who fought gallantly in 1798, for the freedom of Ireland