Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Carrickfergus
- Town
- Greenisland
- County
- Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Foundation Stone
Date: 7 October 1922
Attended by: Countess of Antrim - Rededicated
Date: 5 November 2006
Attended by: Revd Canon Edward James Moore TD MA - Unveiled
Date: 5 November 2006
Attended by: Lord Lieutenant of Antrim - Show More (2)
- Foundation Stone
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 60829
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Current location
Knockagh Hill
Monument Road
Carrickfergus
Greenisland
Carrickfergus
Antrim
BT38 8QG
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: NW 54213 45554
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Obelisk of stone blocks mounted on broad square plinth of rough hewn blocks. Stone tablet with inscription mounted at front of plinth. The Obelisk is a replica of the Wellington Monument in Phoenix Park, Dublin and is half the height. There is also a slate rededication tablet.
- Inscription
- The Original Tablet-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 COUNTRY/ NOBLY YOU FOUGHT, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED/YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED. The Rededication Tablet-COUNTY ANTRIM WAR MEMORIAL/THE KNOCKAGH MONUMENT/ON 5TH NOVEMBER 2006 THIS MONUMENT WAS REDIDCATED TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF/THOSE FROM THE COUNTY OF ANTRIM WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN TWO WORLD WARS.//THE CEREMONY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE REVEREND CANON EDWARD JAMES MOORE T.D. M.A. IN THE/PRESENCE OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF COUNTY ANTRIM, LORD O'NEILL TOGETHER WITH/ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TEN COUNCILS WITHIN COUNTY ANTRIM AND MEMBERS OF/THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION//"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 110ft
Materials: Stone - Basalt - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate
- Obelisk
- Condition
- History
- 2006: Refurbishment program undertaken at a cost of £50,000. Each Local Antrim Council contributing £1,500 to the total cost.; 1985: Local Councils in County Antrim contributed towards the cost of carrying out refurbishment work; 1936: Memorial was completed
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Ulster War Memorials www.ulsterwarmemorials.net/html/_county_antrim.html
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