- Address
- Fair Green, Bruff
- Type
- Monument
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21803004
Sean Wall Monument
Also known as Independence Memorial
Fair Green, Bruff
About Sean Wall Monument
Sean Wall Monument is one of 26 buildings in Bruff the National Inventory rates Regional. Sean Wall Monument dates from 1930–1955. 13 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This statue commemorates the local men who died in the War of Independence. Many IRA brigades were split by the Civil War, and a was committee formed in 1944 from the East Limerick Brigade to erect this memorial.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21803004 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21803004↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
Bruff · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Sean Wall MonumentStart here
- 2Bruff CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Bank of IrelandRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 4Kiely'sRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5Inglenook EastRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
5 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Bruff: more memorials on the record
Start with Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery in Galvone, 20 km away. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. The Treaty Stone in Farranshone is the farthest, at 22 km.
Questions about Sean Wall Monument
Is Sean Wall Monument on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21803004).
Can you visit Sean Wall Monument?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Sean Wall Monument built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1930–1955.
Is Sean Wall Monument protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).