Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Decorative metal workers and electro-platers, of Birmingham and Regent Street, London, who designed and executed the memorial to the members of the Royal Irish Rifles who died in the Boer War in the grounds of the City Hall, Belfast. The memorial was unveiled on 6? October 1905.(1) The eight-foot statue of a soldier with his bayonet at the ready is by SYDNEY MARCH. SYDNEY MARCH. (2)



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(1) Building News 89, 13 Oct 1905, 529.
(2) Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 115.


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Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL, ROYAL IRISH RIFLES MEMORIAL
Date: 1905
Nature: Monument designed and executed by E. & Co. (Statue by Sydney March). Unveiled by Lord Grenfell, C-in-C Forces in Ireland on 6? Oct 1905.
Refs: Building News 89, 13 Oct 1905, 529. Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 115