Camlough Memorial Garden

The memorial garden in Quarter Road, Camlough, commemorates deaths and events from 1916 to 1921:

“In memory of the Irish men and women who died in 1916 in conflicts both at home and abroad.”

“1917 marks the formation of the Camlough company of Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann (Irish Volunteers).”

“1917-2017 centenary of the Sınn Féın cumann, Camlough.”

“1918-2018 commemorating 100 years of women’s suffrage ‘For men and women equally the rights of citizenship; from men and women equally the duties of citizenship’. In memory of Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington – suffragist, nationalist, socialist.”

“December 1920, during the Tan War, the RIC barracks in Camlough was attacked by local volunteers of the Irish Republican Army.”

“In December 1920, in the aftermath of the attack on the RIC barracks in Camlough and the ambush at the Egyptian Arch, 10 family homes were burned to the ground by the Black And Tans.”

“In memory of Vol. Sean Doran and his sister Mary Ann Kearney, shot dead by the Black And Tans, 1921.”