Regional rating (NIAH)

Cumberland Column

Emmet Square, Birr

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 295 rated Regional in Birr

MMonumentBBuilt 1745–1750

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★ Then & now

Cumberland Column, 1880s and today

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1880sToday

1880s: Photo: Robert French / National Library of Ireland · No known copyright restrictions; photographer died 1917. Today: Photo: Trenchspike · CC BY-SA 4.0.

About

About Cumberland Column

The National Inventory rates Cumberland Column Regional, one of 295 in Birr. Its record dates Cumberland Column to 1745–1750. 223 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

Prominently located at the heart of Emmet Square, this column, which once held a statue of the Duke of Cumberland, was the first commemorative column to be erected in an urban setting.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819004 · 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 · 14819004↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

In old photographs

1 old view of Cumberland Column

Made before 1950, from 1880: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland with no known copyright restrictions. Tap one to see it full screen.

The Square, Parsonstown (Birr, Co Offaly)

From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; each credit is in the viewer.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Birr · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

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Farther afield

W.K. FayleRegional rating (NIAH)300 m Walcot CottageRegional rating (NIAH)300 m Gate lodge, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 m BowesRegional rating (NIAH)300 m Brendan HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 m

Birr CastleNational rating (NIAH)300 m

Around it

66 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegHouse, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr37 m RegJ.J. Murphy and Sons38 m RegHouse, Emmet Square, Emmet Street, Birr38 m RegCumberland House39 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr40 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr41 m RegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr42 m RegOrmond House42 m RegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr42 m RegCoaching inn, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr43 m RegBirr Post Office43 m RegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr47 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr52 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr52 m RegHamilton House53 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr57 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr64 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr64 m

Show the other 48

RegHouse, 3 Emmet Street, Birr66 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr67 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr73 m RegHouse, 5 Emmet Street, Birr74 m RegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr77 m RegHouse, 19 O'Connell Street, Birr78 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr79 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr80 m RegHouse, shop, Connaught Street, Birr80 m RegHouse, The Green, Birr84 m RegBallin Valley84 m RegJ.J. Hanniffy and Sons86 m RegHouse, 4 John's Place, Birr86 m RegAllied Irish Bank88 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr88 m RegHouse, 3 John's Place, Birr93 m RegThe Midland Mineral Water Company94 m RegHouse, 11 Emmet Street, Birr94 m RegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr97 m RegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr97 m RegNolans97 m RegHouse, 4 Connaught Street, Birr97 m RegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr98 m RegHouse, 2 John's Place, Birr101 m RegHouse, 10 Emmet Street, Birr104 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr106 m RegHouse, 11 Connaught Street, Birr108 m RegHouse, 2 John's Mall, Birr110 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Church Street, Birr114 m RegHouse, Connaught Street, Mill Street, Birr115 m RegHouse, 16 Emmet Street, Birr117 m RegMolloys Bar117 m RegHouse, 3 Connaught Street, Birr117 m RegHouse, 2 Connaught Street, Birr119 m RegHouse, 17 Emmet Street, Birr120 m RegHouse, 3 John's Mall, Birr123 m RegHouse, The Green, Birr128 m RegHouse, Main Street, Church Street, Birr128 m RegHouse, Main Street, Birr131 m RegHouse, 20 Emmet Street, Birr133 m RegJohn Grimes133 m RegHouse, 4 John's Mall, Birr136 m RegHouse, Main Street, Birr139 m RegHouse, Main Street, Birr139 m RegHouse, The Green, Birr140 m RegWilmer House143 m RegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr145 m RegHouse, The Green, Birr146 m

More like it

Other recorded memorials around Birr

Just 300 m away stands The Maid of Erin, in Birr. 2 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. 1 of them, out of 2, are in Birr.

Athlone Brigade IRA MemorialAthlone · 36 km away

The Maid of ErinBirr · 300 m away

Questions about Cumberland Column

Is Cumberland Column on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 14819004).

Can you visit Cumberland Column?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Cumberland Column built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1745–1750.

Is Cumberland Column 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

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