monuments cork

Standing in the centre of Patrick Street, this statue commemorates Fr. Thoebold Matthew, the apostle of Temperance(1790 - 1861), He was known and loved in Cork for his efforts to alleviate distress during the cholera epidemic of 1832 and during the Great Famine from 1845 to1850. He was also responsible for the purchase of the botanic gardens in Ballyphehane and the establishment of St Joseph's cemetery on that site.

The statue of Fr. Matthew was erected 10 October 1864 and it has...

Dunmanway was traditionally the territory of the McCarthy clan with their castle at Togher....

On Grand Parade, also once a waterway, stands the grandiose National Monument , recalling the Irish patriots who died between 1798 and 1867. Bishop Lucey Park, off Grand Parade, has a section of city walls and a fine gatewary from the old cornmarket....

Clonakilty was the birthplace of Michael Collins and Henry Ford. The Michael Collins centre at Woodfield is a National Monument . Clonakilty Museum contains a Collins Exhibition there is also a life-size staute of him in the centre of the town in Emmet Square....

This memorial is located 5.5km from Clonakilty. The beautiful artistic work of the late sculptor Seamus Murphy stands in memory to a great patriot, soldier and statesman, in Irish History....