1727 – Obelisk, Newtown-Park, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Stillorgan Obelisk was built in 1727 at the instigation of Lord Allen, probably to provide local employment that year.
Stillorgan Obelisk was built in 1727 at the instigation of Lord Allen, probably to provide local employment that year.
Predating London’s Nelson Column by almost 30 years, Nelson’s Pillar was a 36.8m tall column with a 3.9m tall statue by Thomas Kirk in Portland Stone at the top.
The former Walker’s Pillar was a memorial to Rev. George Walker, the rector of Donaghmore, Co.
Erected as a testimonial to George Glendenning JP (1770-1843), Agent of the Bank of Ireland (appointed 1826).
A bronze monument to the Millennium of Russia, representing the most important figures from the country’s history,
Larne-born William Kirk (1795-1871) was a merchant and an MP who developed the linen industry in Keady and Darkley.
It has been our pleasing duty for some time past to record the great activity which prevails throughout the south of Ireland in all branches of the building trade,
The Ernst Moritz Arndt Tower stands on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen and was built to mark the 100th anniversary of the German poet,
Constructed in 1879 to commemorate aa marine tragedy of 1858. It has carved sandstone panels to the east and west consisting of anchor and bollard (west) and storm-tossed ship (east).
Perspective View & Section including plans by W.H. Radford ~ Architect & Civil Engineer ~ (Nottingham)
Published in The Building News,