Cumann Phobail Dhún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire Community Association
Dún Laoghaire Community Association
ICONIC MONUMENT TO IRISH HIGH KING
WHO MET SAINT PATRICK
WHO MET SAINT PATRICK
Dún Laoghaire Community Association has intensified its long-running campaign to have an iconic monument erected to the eponymous founder of the “dún” or stone fortress that gave its name to the Town of Dún Laoghaire, just 11kms south of Dublin City.
High King Laoghaire who reigned at Ireland’s ancient capital of Tara between 428 and 461AD was the great monarch who reputedly met with St. Patrick and allowed him and his followers to proceed unmolested with their mission to Christianize the Irish. This gesture by the High King ensured that Ireland has no Christian martyrs from this period—a testament to the sophistication of its Celtic cultural and religious establishment in the fifth century AD.
This campaign has also received the support of a number of County Councillors on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council as the Strategic Policy Committee on Culture, Community Development and Amenities voted to recommend the project to the County Council.
The commissioning of the statue or monument would also commemorate another historical event for the County Hall in the Town of Dún Laoghaire.
In 2019 when the whole country will be commemorating the centenary of the convening of the First Dáil and the Declaration of Irish Independence on the 21st January 1919, Dún Laoghaire has its own linked centenary to celebrate. In 1919 the predecessors of our current public representatives at County Hall decided to reclaim the town and its environs for the people of Ireland by restoring the ancient Gaelic name of the area to the Council and then the Town in 1920. This was certainly a peaceful, dignified and democratic expression of support for Irish independence and the newly convened Dáil Éireann. An act of defiance and self determination as the Councillors chose the Gaelic name “Dún Laoghaire” to replace the name “Kingstown” which had existed since 1821.
The process of commissioning a scaled monument on the lines of that to Vercingetorix in Alesia, France, for erection in our Town’s centre during the 2019/20 national commemorations should commence now to allow for tendering, design, fabrication and planning matters. Therefore, Dún Laoghaire Community Association, whilst, seeking the proactive support of each of our County Councillors, looks to the wider community at home and abroad for assistance with this important campaign. Can this monument be commissioned and erected through public subscription alone or can a single benefactor be found to see this very significant heritage project through to a successful conclusion? This is essentially what this campaign seeks to ascertain.
Dún Laoghaire Community Association welcomes donations towards the cost of this important campaign to have a beautifully designed and crafted monument to High King Laoghaire in the centre of the Town that proudly bears his illustrious name, Dún Laoghaire.
For further information contact: Hon. Secretary (e-mail on side panel)
High King Laoghaire who reigned at Ireland’s ancient capital of Tara between 428 and 461AD was the great monarch who reputedly met with St. Patrick and allowed him and his followers to proceed unmolested with their mission to Christianize the Irish. This gesture by the High King ensured that Ireland has no Christian martyrs from this period—a testament to the sophistication of its Celtic cultural and religious establishment in the fifth century AD.
This campaign has also received the support of a number of County Councillors on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council as the Strategic Policy Committee on Culture, Community Development and Amenities voted to recommend the project to the County Council.
The commissioning of the statue or monument would also commemorate another historical event for the County Hall in the Town of Dún Laoghaire.
In 2019 when the whole country will be commemorating the centenary of the convening of the First Dáil and the Declaration of Irish Independence on the 21st January 1919, Dún Laoghaire has its own linked centenary to celebrate. In 1919 the predecessors of our current public representatives at County Hall decided to reclaim the town and its environs for the people of Ireland by restoring the ancient Gaelic name of the area to the Council and then the Town in 1920. This was certainly a peaceful, dignified and democratic expression of support for Irish independence and the newly convened Dáil Éireann. An act of defiance and self determination as the Councillors chose the Gaelic name “Dún Laoghaire” to replace the name “Kingstown” which had existed since 1821.
The process of commissioning a scaled monument on the lines of that to Vercingetorix in Alesia, France, for erection in our Town’s centre during the 2019/20 national commemorations should commence now to allow for tendering, design, fabrication and planning matters. Therefore, Dún Laoghaire Community Association, whilst, seeking the proactive support of each of our County Councillors, looks to the wider community at home and abroad for assistance with this important campaign. Can this monument be commissioned and erected through public subscription alone or can a single benefactor be found to see this very significant heritage project through to a successful conclusion? This is essentially what this campaign seeks to ascertain.
Dún Laoghaire Community Association welcomes donations towards the cost of this important campaign to have a beautifully designed and crafted monument to High King Laoghaire in the centre of the Town that proudly bears his illustrious name, Dún Laoghaire.
For further information contact: Hon. Secretary (e-mail on side panel)
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