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Maid of Erin. This small area at the junction of Church Street and Main Street is the current location of the statue "Maid of Erin". A closer picture of the statue is here 1296107 . Details are given on the information board to the right, which can be seen in close up and described here 1296121 There is also a plaque to the left remembering the Moloney family. A close up is here 1296126 · Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0

Maid of Erin. This is the description panel next to the statue, which can be seen here 1296107 and here 1296104 . It reads: "The Maid of Erin" This monument, which until July 1992 originally stood a short distance from this site, was unveiled on Sunday 10th March, 1907, by Charles Doran of Cobh, a well-known member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. It was erected by the local branch of the Irish National Foresters and commemorates the execution in Manchester on 23rd November, 1867, of William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin and Michael O'Brien. Allen, the youngest of the three, was born near this town in April 1848 and grew up in Bandon in County Cork. The monument was designed by P.R.Cleary of Tipperary and was executed by Joseph O'Reilly in Dublin. After extensive repairs, the monument was relocated to this site in February 2003 and officially unveiled on Sunday, 22nd June, 2003, by the Mayor of Tipperary Town, Cllr. Anna Tuohy-Halligan. "God save Ireland" This site was donated to the people of Tipperary by Thomas Maloney, Ballinahow, Tipperary. · Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0

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The walls are only the start of this story. Composed of carved limestone female figure on base depicting portraits of three executed men, and pedestal with stepped plinth having dressed limestone bollards at corners.

Freestanding monument, erected 1907, commemorating the execution of three political activists in 1867. Relocated to this corner site in 2003. Composed of carved limestone female figure on base depicting portraits of three executed men, and pedestal with stepped plinth having dressed limestone bollards at corners. Portraits carry name in Irish of each man. Situated on stone flagged pavement behind wrought-iron railings, with information board and rubble stone planters. Painted roughcast rendered screen walls of neighbouring buildings to rear.

Composed of carved limestone female figure on base depicting portraits of three executed men, and pedestal with stepped plinth having dressed limestone bollards at corners.

This memorial to the Manchester Martyrs, is a landmark piece of sculpture, now located in a prominent corner site. The choice of a female figure for such a memorial has been seen as the personification of Ireland, fused with the Virgin Mary, as Irish identity during that era was tied up with Catholicism. It is a naturalistic and evocative piece of work, made all the more striking by the life-like portraits of the executed men.

The story behind this place

Composed of carved limestone female figure on base depicting portraits of three executed men, and pedestal with stepped plinth having dressed limestone bollards at corners.

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