A Stone Monument featuring the Royal Coat of Arms
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Title
A Stone Monument featuring the Royal Coat of Arms
Depiction
The picture shows a stone monument with the Royal Coat of Arms between a lion and a unicorn
Description
The large stone monument features the Royal Coat of Arms, on each side of which is a lion and a unicorn. It was originally located on the pediment of the Galway Couthouse, but was relocated to the rear of the Quadrangle in UCG during the Irish War of Independence for safekeeping, in fear of it being damaged or destroyed by the Irish Republican Army. It can be regarded as a symbol of the University's foundation by Royal Charter in 1845 by Queen Victoria, as one of the three Queen's Colleges in Irealand.
References
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/universitytrail/
Contributor
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
Late 1910's to early 1920's
Category
b&w
on-campus
outdoors
on-campus
outdoors
Keywords
Stone monument
Language
English
Creator
Tom O'Connor - the picture being located in his filing cabinet
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/