O'CONNELL STREET

Standing nineteen metres high, this monument caused controversy and mixed reactions when unveiled on 1st October 1911. Executed in the neo-Classical Revival style, an American influence brought by the Irish American sculptor, Augustus St-Gaudens. Commemorating the constitutional nationalist Parnell, the monument is of historic, artistic and national importance while adding to the varied collection of monuments that adorn the entire streetscape of Dublin's principal avenue and visible from many directions.