Memorial commemorates Cork’s 1916 Irish Volunteers

A striking new monument which commemorates members of the Cork City Battalion of Irish Volunteers who were on active service under arms, and poised to fight in the 1916 Easter Rising, will be unveiled in the city today.

The monument, at the South Mall’s junction with Parnell Bridge was commissioned and donated to the city by the family of Seán Murphy, battalion vice commandant and brigade quarter master, who is believed to have been the sole surviving brigade officer following independence.

Cork sculptor Mick Wilkins completed the work to coincide with the year-long centenary celebrations of the Rising, before Mr Murphy’s family gifted it to Cork City Council.