#Rev. Benjamin Plunket

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GRANITE STATUE OF LORD ARDILAUN IN ST STEPHEN'S GREEN

He died on 20 January 1915 at his home at St Anne's, Raheny, and was buried at All Saints Church, Raheny, whose construction he had sponsored.

SIR ARTHUR EDWARD GUINNESS The statue in my photographs, located near the tram stop, was unveiled in June 1892. The Irish Times reported that the large presence of “the trades and of the working people” showed the gratitude of ordinary Dubliners to Ardilaun. The fine granite statue was sculptured by Thomas Farrell who was also the sculptor responsible for the statues of William Smith O’Brien and…