COUNTY ANTRIM WAR MEMORIAL

  • the Antrim War Memorial looking south east from Mounment Rd - Taken by Ray Spence 04 Sep 2013

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  • Informtaion board ref the Antrim Memorial - Taken by Ray Spence 04 Sep 2013

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  • WW1 Inscription on Antrim War Memoral - Taken by Ray Spence 04 Sep 2013

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  • New dedication on the Antrim War Memorial - Taken by Ray Spence 04 Sep 2013

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  • 1914-18 and 1939-45 Plaque on the front of the Antrim War Memorial - Taken by Ray Spence 04 Sep 2013

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  • Antrim War Memorial looking up from the south east - Taken by Ray Spence 04 Sep 2013

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Reference WMO/135398

Address:

Monument Road

Knockagh

Greenisland

Carrickfergus

BT36 5BP

Northern Ireland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Other Concrete
  • Rock/Rough Stone Rock/Rough Stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The County Antrim War Memorial is situated on the top of Knockagh Hill, at the southern end of Monument Road, above the town of Greenisland in the south of County Antrim. The site is 935 feet (300m) above sea level on the northern side of Belfast Lough and offers a panoramic view of Belfast and the North Down Coast. It is the largest war memorial in Ulster and takes the form of a suitably proportioned obelisk, a replica of the Wellington Monument in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, except that it is exactly half the height at 110 feet (33.5m) high and the base is 25 feet (8m) square. The foundation stone of the Memorial on was laid by the Countess of Antrim in 1922. It was initially proposed to record in letters of bronze the names of every one of the fallen from County Antrim, the names were to be arranged alphabetically, irrespective of rank, the only exception being that the services would be kept separate and recorded in the order of seniority on the monument. By mid 1922 about 2000 names had been collected. When the monument was eventually completed no tablets were fitted to it. Its construction appears to have been beset with financial problems. Although the foundation stone had been laid in 1922, in September 1924 it was reported that ‘work had been resumed.’ A report in September 1926 stated that ‘workmen are presently engaged on the base.’ On his death in 1935 Mr. Barton, the honorary secretary of Knockagh War Memorial Committee, in his will he bequeathed £1,250 towards the cost of its completion. Following a review of the costs that would be involved, Antrim Rural District Council were asked to adopt the monument and pay the additional cost to have it completed, estimated to be £122.
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“TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF COUNTY ANTRIM WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THEIR GRATEFUL COUNTY.” “NOBLY YOU FOUGHT, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.”

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