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Fusiliers'
Arch
is
a
monument
which
forms
part
of
the
Grafton
Street
entrance
to
St
Stephen's
Green
park,
in
Dublin,
Ireland.
Erected
in
1907,
it
was
dedicated
to
the
officers,
non-commissioned
officers
and
enlisted
men
of
the
Royal
Dublin
Fusiliers
who
fought
and
died
in
the
Second
Boer
War
(1899–1902).
Construction
Funded
by
public
subscription,
the
arch
was
designed
by
John
Howard
Pentland
and
built
by
Henry
Laverty
and
Sons.
Thomas
Drew
consulted
on
the
design
and
construction.
The
proportions
of
the
structure
are
said
to
be
modelled
on
the
Arch
of
Titus
in
Rome.
It
is
approximately
8.5
m
(28
ft)
wide
and
10
m
(33
ft)
high.
The
internal
dimensions
of
the
arch
are
5.6
m
high
and
approximately
3.7
m
wide
(18
by
12
ft).
The
main
structure
of
the
arch
is
granite,
with
the
inscriptions
carried
out
in
limestone
and
a
bronze
adornment
on
the
front
of
the
arch.
Dedication
and
controversy
Further
information:
Royal
Dublin
Fusiliers
§
Second
Boer
War
The
arch
was
commissioned
to
commemorate
the
four
battalions
(two
regular
and
two
militia)
of
the
Royal
Dublin
Fusiliers
that
served
in
the
Second
Boer
war.
It
lists
the
principal
battles
and
locations
at
which
the
fusiliers
fought:
Hart's
Hill,
Ladysmith,
Talana,
Colenso,
Tugela
Heights,
and
Laing's
Nek.The
names
of
222
dead
are
inscribed
on
the
underside
of
the
arch.
The
construction
of
the
arch
coincided
with
a
time
of
political
and
social
change
in
Ireland,
and
the
colonial
and
imperial
background
to
the
dedication
were
anthema
to
a
burgeoning
nationalist
movement
–
who
labelled
the
structure
"Traitor's
Gate".Though
damaged
in
a
cross-fire
between
the
Irish
Citizens
Army
and
British
troops
during
the
1916
Easter
Rising,the
arch
remains
"one
of
the
few
colonialist
monuments
in
Dublin
not
blown
up"
in
Ireland's
post-independence
history.
