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: Gerard Jennings
Spatial Coverage: It is located behind the Quadrangle at the University of Galway
Temporal Coverage: 1919-1922
Period: Late 1910's to early 1920's
Category: b&w
on-campus
outdoors
Subject: University of Galway
Quadrangle
Monument
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/