- Address
- Foynes
- Type
- Monument
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21829002
Spring Rice Monument
Foynes
About Spring Rice Monument
The National Inventory rates Spring Rice Monument Regional, one of 29 in Foynes. Its record dates Spring Rice Monument to 1890–1910. 6 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This monument was erected to the memory of Stephen Edmond Spring Rice (1814-1865) who died at sea. He was the eldest son of Thomas Spring Rice (1780-1866), Lord Monteagle.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21829002 · 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 · 21829002↗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
Foynes · about 900 m on foot, as the crow flies















- 1Spring Rice MonumentStart here
- 2Ardanoir HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3The Mill HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
- 4Áras ÍdeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5Foynes Post OfficeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Other recorded memorials around Foynes
Closest of all: Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha Monument, Kildysart, 6.7 km away. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. At the edge of the list, 33 km away: The Treaty Stone, Farranshone.








Questions about Spring Rice Monument
Is Spring Rice Monument on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21829002).
Can you visit Spring Rice Monument?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Spring Rice Monument built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1910.
Is Spring Rice 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).