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William Smith O'Brien - Liam Mac Gabhann Ó Briain

Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare 1803 - 1864
was an Irish Nationalist and Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Young Ireland movement
(Wikipedia)

Thomas Farrell
1870

Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath / William Smith O'Brien - <i>Liam Mac Gabhann Ó Briain</i>

Description

Marble(?) statue.

Inscription(s)

Liam mac Gabhann Ó Briain
do rugadh an 17 ad lá de mí Dheiridh
Fogínair 1803: Tugadh breighbhais air
te ceann árd dhílseachta do Éirinn an
9 ad lá de mhi Dheiridh Foghmhair 1848;
Fuair bás an 16 ad lá de Meitheamh 1864

WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN
born
17th October 1803;
sentenced to death for
High Treason
on the
9th October 1848
died
16th June 1864

Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath / William Smith O'Brien - Liam Mac Gabhann Ó Briain

Sculptor

Thomas Farrell (Dublin 1827 - Stillorgan 1900), Irish sculptor (Wikipedia - Walter Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), on-line).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in Dublin.

Locatie (N 53°20'53" - W 6°15'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie022; Photograph: 9 June 2014
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