The Changing Face of Memorials in Western Ireland

O’Curry Monument, Doonaha from the Schorman Collection, Foto, Clare County Library.

As their Building of the Month for March, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is examining the Changing Face of Memorials in Western Ireland. A study of these public memorials by Eduard Krakhmalnikov looks at how we collectively remember, how the forms of memorials have evolved since the nineteenth century and what that evolution tells us about the place of public memory within the contemporary condition. The O’Connell Monument in Ennis and the O’Curry Monument in Doonaha are two of the memorials included in the article. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage collection of photographs covering County Clare can be viewed in Foto here.