List of monuments and memorials to the Irish Rebellion of 1798

A number of monuments and memorials dedicated to the Irish Rebellion of 1798 exist in Ireland and in other countries. Some of the monuments are in remembrance of specific battles or figures, whilst others are general war memorials.[1]

Ireland edit

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Monument/Memorial City/Town County Subject Ref
Aughrim Bridge 1798 Memorial Aughrim Co. Wicklow Aughrim Bridge [2]
  Arklow 1798 Memorial Arklow Co. Wicklow Battle of Arklow [3]
Michael Murphy Memorial Arklow Co. Wicklow Michael Murphy [4]
Ballinakill 1798 Memorial Ballinakill Co. Laois Local veterans [5]
  Ballinamuck 1798 Garden of Remembrance Ballinamuck Co. Longford Battle of Ballinamuck [6]
Ballinamuck 1798 Memorial Ballinamuck Co. Longford Battle of Ballinamuck [6]
1798 Memorial Ballindaggin Co. Wexford General war memorial [7]
Teresa Malone Memorial Ballinkillin Co. Carlow Heroine of the ballad 'The Battle of Kilgumney' [8]
  Ballycumber 1798 Memorial Ballycumber Co. Offaly Local veterans [9]
Dwyer and MacAllister Memorial Baltinglass Co. Wicklow Michael Dwyer and Sam McAllister [10]
1798 Memorial Bray Co. Wicklow General war memorial [11]
  Bunclody 1798 Memorial Bunclody Co. Wexford Battle of Bunclody [12]
Bunclody 1798 Bicentenary Memorial Bunclody Co. Wexford Battle of Bunclody [13]
Hurley Memorial Buttevant Co. Cork David Hurley [14]
Camolin 1798 Memorial Camolin Co. Wexford Local veterans [15]
1798 Memorial Castlebridge Co. Wexford General war memorial [16]
Kearns Memorial Castlecomer Co. Kilkenny The Battle of Castlecomer [17]
Charleville Memorial Charleville Co. Cork Local veterans [18]
Clane 1798 Memorial Clane Co. Kildare Battle of Coiseanna Hill [19]
Clonakilty 1798 Memorial Clonakilty Co. Cork Local veterans [20]
  Battle of Big Cross Memorial Clonakilty Co. Cork Battle of the Big Cross [21]
  Clonegal 1798 Memorial Clonegal Co. Carlow Local veterans [22]
  1798 Memorial Castlebar Co. Mayo General war memorial [23]
1798 Memorial Clonmel Co. Tipperary General war memorial [24]
1799 Memorial Cloyne Co. Cork General war memorial [25]
  National Monument Cork Co. Cork General war memorial [26]
Culmullen 1798 Memorial Culmullen Co. Meath Local veterans [27]
  1798 Memorial Curragha Co. Meath Local veterans [28]
French 1796 Invasion Memorial Bantry Co. Cork French expedition to Ireland (1796) [29]
  Croppies' Acre Memorial Park Dublin Co. Dublin General war memorial [30]
  Garden of Remembrance Dublin Co. Dublin General war memorial [31]
  Wolfe Tone Memorial Dublin Co. Dublin Theobald Wolfe Tone [32]
Four Courts 1798 Memorial Dublin Co. Dublin General war memorial [33]
  Newgate Prison 1798 Memorial Dublin Co. Dublin General war memorial [34]
  1798 Memorial Dunboyne Co. Meath General war memorial [citation needed]
1798 Memorial, Dundalk Dundalk Co. Louth Local veterans [35]
Dungarvan 1798 Memorial Dungarvin Co. Waterford Local veterans [36]
Dunlavin 1798 Memorial Dunlavin Co. Wicklow Local veterans [37]
  Croppy Memorial Dunshaughlin Co. Meath Dunlavin Green executions [38]
  1798 Memorial Enniscorthy Co. Wexford General war memorial [39]
  Vinegar Hill Memorial Enniscorthy Co. Wexford Battle of Vinegar Hill [40]
Barker Memorial Enniscorthy Co. Wexford Captain William Barker [41]
  Fr. John Murphy Memorial Ferns Co. Wexford John Murphy [42]
  1798 Memorial Killala Co. Mayo Battle of Killala [43]
Geneva Barracks Memorial Passage East Co. Waterford General war memorial [44]
1798 Memorial Gorey Co. Wexford General war memorial [45]
Gorey Market House 1798 Memorial Gorey Co. Wexford General war memorial [46]
FitzGerald Memorial Gort Co. Galway Lord Edward FitzGerald [47]
  1798 Memorial Glenmalure Co. Wicklow Local veterans [48]
  Tara 1798 Memorial Hill of Tara Co. Meath Croppies and the Battle of Tara Hill [49]
Kilcumney Hill Memorial Kilcumney Hill Co. Carlow Battle of Kilcumney Hill [50]
Fitzgerald Memorial Kildare Co. Kildare Lord Edward FitzGerald [51]
Staker Wallace Memorial Kilfinane Co. Limerick Staker Wallace [52]
1798 Memorial Killurin Co. Wexford General war memorial [53]
Fr. Kearns Memorial Kiltealy Co. Wexford General war memorial [54]
Mallow 1798 Memorial Mallow Co. Cork Local veterans [55]
  Staker Wallace Memorial Martinstown Co. Limerick Staker Wallace [56]
  The Tree of Liberty Stone Maynooth Co. Kildare United Irishmen [57]
Kearns and Perry Memorial Monasteroris Co. Offaly Mogue Kearns and Anthony Perry [58]
United Irishmen Memorial Mountmellick Co. Laois General war memorial [59]
  1798 Monument Mullens Cross Co. Meath Battle of Knightstown Bog [60]
1798 Memorial Cleariestown Co. Wexford General war memorial [61]
1798 Memorial New Ross Co. Wexford General war memorial [62]
Newtownmountkennedy 1798 Memorial Newtownmountkennedy Co. Wicklow Local veterans [63]
Míchil Uí Néill Memorial Newtownmountkennedy Co. Wicklow [64]
  1798 Memorial Oulart Co. Wexford Battle of Oulart Hill [65]
Portarlington 1798 Memorial Portarlington Co. Laois Local veterans [59]
Ruth Hackett 1798 Rebellion Plaque Prosperous Co. Kildare Ruth Hackett and the Battle of Prosperous [66]
Rathcoole 1798 Memorial Rathcoole Co. Dublin Local veterans [67]
1798 Memorial Rathcormac Co. Cork [68]
Rathvilly 1798 Memorial Rathvilly Co. Carlow Local veterans [69]
  Sligo 1798 Memorial Sligo Co. Sligo Local veterans [70]
1798 Memorial St Mullin's Co. Carlow General war memorial [22]
  Thurles 1798 Memorial Thurles Co. Tipperary Local veterans [71]
  The Pikeman Tralee Co. Clare [72]
Fr. Murphy Memorial Tullow Co. Carlow John Murphy [73]
  Pikemen Between New Ross and Wexford Co. Wexford General war memorial [74]
  1798 Memorial Wexford Co. Wexford General war memorial [75]
  Tree of Liberty Wexford Co. Wexford General war memorial [76]
  Billy Byrne monument Wicklow Co. Wicklow Billy Byrne, Michael Dwyer, General William J. Holt, and William Michael Byrne [77]
  The Liberty Tree Carlow Co. Carlow General war memorial [78]

Australia edit

Image
Monument/Memorial City/Town State Subject Ref
  1798 Memorial Sydney New South Wales 1798 War Memorial stands over the grave of Michael Dwyer in Waverley Cemetery [79]

See also edit

References edit

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