Spot The Bullet Hole - The O’Connell Monument By John Henry Foley 1882

At the base are four winged victories, each of which represented the virtues attributed to O’Connell – patriotism, courage, eloquence and fidelity. There is evidence of bullet holes in two of the victories, a legacy of 1916-1922. The overall height of the monument is 40 feet, the bronze statue of O’Connell wrapped in his cloak is 12 feet high.

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