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KILMORE QUAY MEMORIAL GARDEN
(IN HONOUR OF THOSE LOST AT SEA)
BY TONY BRENNAN.
A BRIEF HISTORY
The first sod was turned by Peggy Murphy, Kilmore Quay as the sun set on the old
millennium on December 31st 1999, on a site near Forlorn Point overlooking the
area aptly named 'The Graveyard of a Thousand Ships'.
The Garden, in the shape of a mooring bollard,
includes a stone ship with a compass fountain, designed and constructed by John
Power, which incorporates a propeller blade from the ship "Lennox",
lost off the Saltee Islands in 1916. The blade was recovered from the wreck by
Edmund O'Byrne and his team of divers.
The Vigil Sculpture, of two grieving figures
looking out to sea, and the Ship's Wheel, are the work of sculptor Ciaran
O'Brien. The inscriptions on the plinth are by Oilie Kearns, and the stonework
on the ship and surrounding wall is the work of local stonemason Declan Cleary.
The project was brought to fruition with the support of the Department of the
Marine, Wexford County Council,
Aer Lingus and the generosity of many people who contributed both time and
money.
The Trail and Garden was opened on June 17th 2001 by Hugh Byrne, T.D., Minister
of State at the Department of Marine and Natural Resources.
  
A Memorial Service is held each year.
The committee involved in the project are: John Power, Chairman, Fr. Jim Cogley,
Vice-chairman, Deirdre Brady, Secretary, Pat Creevey, Treasurer, Helen Sheehan,
PRO, Cllr. Jo Doyle, Edmund O'Byme and Michael Way.
For information with regard to future inscriptions on this permanent memorial,
please contact: John Power, "Olinda" Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford. Tel:
053 - 29799
ALL PHOTOS © TONY BRENNAN
VISIT TONY BRENNAN'S WEBSITE AT: AROUND
DUBLIN PORT
Visit Kilmore Quay at: www.kilmorequayweb.com
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