1916 Memorial, Limerick of maintenance work, and Sinn Féin representatives were critical of the local authority, saying that the monument was in "a shocking state of disrepair". 1916 Memorial, Limerick The 1916 memorial at Limerick, Ireland, is one of many erected in the Republic of Ireland to commemorate the dead of the 1916 Easter Rising. Located at Sarsfield Bridge, it was first erected in 1954, as a result of fund-raising efforts begun in 1931. The memorial was designed by sculptor Albert Power. The bronze statues at the top of the memorial represent three local participants in the Easter Rising: Tom Clarke, Ned Daly
Madeleine ffrench-Mullen Madeleine ffrench-Mullen Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (30 December 1880 – 26 May 1944) was an Irish revolutionary and labour activist who took part in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. ffrench-Mullen was a member of the radical nationalist women's organisation . In 1913 during the Dublin Lock-out, she worked in the soup kitchen in Liberty Hall. She subsequently joined the Irish Citizen Army (ICA). In the Easter Rising she worked in a first aid tent. She was arrested following the Rising but released the following month. She joined Sinn Féin and was elected to Rathmines District Council in 1920. Madeleine ffrench-Mullen