The Monument

The Monument, a replica Celtic cross by the Waterford sculptor William Gaffney, was unveiled at Murroe on the 27th of May 1923 by Bishop of Cashel Bishop Harty a Murroe native. The first memorial in the country erected to the memory of the men who lost their lives in The Irish War of Independence. Dedicated to the men of the  Limerick Brigades of the IRA among them two local men Patrick Ryan Waller and John Frahill .Their grave is to be found behind the church at Murroe where they were interred once the war was over