Monuments in College Square, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh

These memorials were surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the memorials are not worthy of a full survey. A pair of two column type monuments in local granite with pedestals and ball finials. One records 'erected A.D. 1911 in respectful memory of George Wright, Head Mason. John McClelland, Head Millwright. Michael Boyle, Flax Buyer. Who each faithfully served the Bessbrook firm for nearly 50 years. Also Robert Ross, Mill Manager. Austin Kennedy, Rougher'; the other records ' The garden in memory of James N. Richardson is arranged by his wife as a playground for the children of Bessbrook whom he loved November 1927' inscription to opposite side records ‘this was the last stone cut from Bessbrook quarry’. A third monument to centre, also of granite but of pedestal form, formally stood in the grounds of Bessbrook Mill. Recently moved to this location, it details the mill's history from its ownership by the Pollock family in 1760 to Bessbrook Spinning Co Ltd in 1878. Small additional monument of rock faced granite to NW records: A.D. 1913 Kings Way. This work was superintended by J. King.'