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Galway - Gaillimh
Co. Galway - Gaillimh

Father Griffin Road

Thomas Burke - Tomás de Búrca

Thomas Nicholas Burke
Galway 1830 - Tallaght 1882
Irish Dominican preacher
(Wikipedia)

Seán Kavanagh
1947

Galway - Gaillimh / Thomas Burke - <i>Tomás de Búrca</i>

Description

Limestone statue of father Burke holding a cross (broken off) in the air.

Inscription(s)

An t-Aṫair Tomás de Búrca C.P.

1830-1883

praedicatorum princeps

Sculptor

Seán Kavanagh, Irish sculptor.

Locatie (N 53°16'9" - W 9°3'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie273; Photograph: 19 June 2014
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