This impressive 50ft tower by Denis Doyle of Clonmel is based on the form of the ancient Irish round tower.
Beautifully situated in the Knockmealdown mountains, it commemorates Liam Lynch who was an important figure in Irish military history. At the base of the structure are cast bronze Irish Wolfhounds which famously featured in the myth of Cú Chulainn.
Liam Lynch fought in Ireland’s War of Independence against Britain and later in the Irish Civil War on the anti-treaty side (those who opposed the treaty giving Ireland a Free State of 26 counties but leaving 6 northern counties under British rule).
Lynch was Chief of Staff of the IRA in the Civil War . He was killed in 1923 in the Knockmealdown mountains by pro-treaty members, all of whom had been his former comrades. The memorial was erected in 1935 in a ceremony which was attended by over 15000 people. It stands in the spot where he‘s supposed to have died.