List of Cenotaphs in Northern Ireland

Various cenotaphs have been erected in Northern Ireland: the UK National Inventory of War Memorials provides comprehensive details of each monument in their Online Database (links provided). A private website also maintains very detailed information on a number of these monuments.

Most communities in Northern Ireland can account for losses in the conflicts of the 19th and 20th centuries especially the World Wars. To honour those that died, it was common practice for communities to contribute toward a fund to build a memorial or cenotaph. These cenotaphs are often quite striking and frequently the only decorative or sculptural structures to be seen in smaller settlements. Such cenotaphs are rarely the only memorial erected by a community: stained glass windows, plaques and similar artifacts can be found in churches and other public buildings. Indeed, often buildings themselves, especially British Legion Halls, or gardens were constructed as memorials too.

County	Community	Location	Year	List of Names	Description	Notes	Image
Down	Bangor	Ward Park	1927	133	Portland stone obelisk with bronze figures	[1][2]
Down	Bangor	Ward Park			Bronze gun recovered from a captured German U-boat bearing the inscription "This gun taken from German submarine UB19 was allotted to Bangor (County Down) by the Admiralty in recognition of the valorous conduct of Commander the Hon. Edward Barry Stewart Bingham of H.M.S. Nestor at the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916. For which he received the Victoria Cross."	[2]
Down	Holywood	Redburn Square	1922	108, 26, 1	Bronze soldier with rifle & bayonet upon a marble plinth (plinth and surrounding stonework whitewashed)	[3][4]
Down	Newtownards	Old Bowling Green	1934	316	Granite obelisk on a four stepped base	[5][6]
Down	Waringstown	beside church	1921	?	40-foot clock tower built from local stone with 3 dial chiming clock	[7][8]
Antrim	County Antrim	Knochagh Hill, Monument Road	1922–1937		an obelisk 110 feet in height set and a site 935 feet above Belfast Lough; modeled on the Wellington Memorial in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Knockagh Monument dominates the skyline above Carrickfergus and Greenisland and is clearly visible from across the lough in North Down	[9]
Antrim	Glengormley	Glengormley Park, Ballyclare Road	1990		3.5m red marble obelisk on two brick steps	[10]
Antrim	Jordanstown	Loughshore Park, Shore Road	1983		1.7m Free-standing tablet of polished granite	[11]
Antrim	Carrickfergus	railway station car park; originally in York Road Railway Station, Belfast (now demolished) – relocated in 1993	1921	60, 8	an ornate stone obelisk on a square plinth with bronze name plaques; erected by Midland Railway Company	[12]
Antrim	Larne	Inver Park near parish church	1922	147	Bronze soldier and sailor on a 5 m Portland stone obelisk	[13]
Antrim	Belfast	originally constructed near the battlefield (Battle of Happy Valley) at Chaegunghyon, Korea: in 1962[14] moved to Royal Ulster Rifles barracks in Ballymena and in 2008 to the grounds of Belfast City Hall when the barracks closed[15]	1951	208	Known as the ""Imjin River Memorial"";[16] Korean granite obelisk on a two-stepped plinth; with bronze additions in 2008	[17]
Antrim	Belfast	In an enclosure on the East side of Belfast City Hall, formerly on the NE corner of the grounds	1905	132	an 8-foot bronze soldier in khaki uniform at the ready with rifle and bayonet upon a massive boulder set on a granite plinth (15-foot); dedicated to the Royal Irish Rifles	[18]
Antrim	Belfast	West side of Belfast City Hall			In a sunken garden separated by a semicircle of Corinthian columns as a backdrop to a large Portland stone obelisk; the area repaved in 1993	[19][20]

References

1. "War Memorial: Bangor (WMR-9177)". Imperial War Museums.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 December 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
3. "War Memorial: Holywood (WMR-6534)". Imperial War Museums.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
5. "War Memorial: Newtownards And District (WMR-6535)". Imperial War Museums.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 December 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
7. "War Memorial: Waringstown (WMR-9174)". Imperial War Museums.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 December 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
9. "County Antrim". ulsterwarmemorials.net.
10. "War Memorial: Glengormley (WMR-6426)". Imperial War Museums.
11. "War Memorial: Jordanstown (WMR-6428)". Imperial War Museums.
12. "War Memorial: Midland Railway Northern Counties Committee (WMR-6188)". Imperial War Museums.
13. "War Memorial: Larne (WMR-6606)". Imperial War Museums.
14. "Untitled Document". bkva.co.uk.
15. "War Memorials Trust". Warmemorials.org. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
16. "UK National Inventory of War Memorials : IMJIN RIVER MEMORIAL". Ukniwm.org.uk. 1951-01-04. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
17. "War Memorial: Imjin River Memorial (WMR-6601)". Imperial War Museums.
18. "War Memorial: Royal Irish Rifles (WMR-43479)". Imperial War Museums.
19. "Search UK War Memorials". Imperial War Museums.
20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.