It was sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gardens, an American sculptor famous for works such as Abraham Lincoln: The Man, and the statue of the goddess Diana which once stood over Madison Square Garden in New York city. He was assisted by architects Henry Bacon and George Sheridan. The monument is made of granite, and the statue of Parnell himself is bronze.

It was erected as a tribute to a hugely influential and notable Irish politician. There are words printed in brass lettering which are inspired by a quote from Parnell himself – “No Man has a right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation. No man has a right to say to his country “Thus far shalt thou go and no further”. We have never attempted to fix the ne-plus-ultra to the progress of Ireland’s nationhood and we never shall‘.

This is followed by the words, ‘Go Soirbhighidh Dia Éire dá clainn‘.

This Irish phrase translates to “May God prosper/succeed Ireland for her children”.

The original Tralee Parnells club was founded in that same decade and was re-established by a new generation in 2012 to serve the people of Tralee and also people of any surrounding districts, who did not have Camogie and Hurling available to the young.

Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie club was named in tribute to