A New Life
Anne Devlin Statue
Photo of the life-size bronze statue of Anne Devlin, unveiled in Rathfarnham on 4 March 2004 (Emmet’s birthday). Created by Tallaght Sculptor Clodagh Emoe, it is located at the end of Main Street, at its junction with Butterfield Avenue. Plans for the statue began in 2002, when the Robert Emmet Association and the Anne Devlin Commemoration Association requested South Dublin County Council to make a lasting contribution to the bicentenary commemorations of the 1803 rebellion.
Courtesy of Wicklow County LibrariesAnne Devlin Statue
Courtesy of Wicklow County Libraries
Courtesy of Wicklow County Libraries
Anne Devlin Statue
Photo of the life-size bronze statue of Anne Devlin, unveiled in Rathfarnham on 4 March 2004 (Emmet’s birthday). Created by Tallaght Sculptor Clodagh Emoe, it is located at the end of Main Street, at its junction with Butterfield Avenue. Plans for the statue began in 2002, when the Robert Emmet Association and the Anne Devlin Commemoration Association requested South Dublin County Council to make a lasting contribution to the bicentenary commemorations of the 1803 rebellion.
Courtesy of Wicklow County LibrariesAnne was eventually released in 1806. She found employment as a companion to Mrs Elizabeth Hammond at Sir John Rogerson's Quay. She held this position for four years.
Between 1806 and 1810, she sat for her portrait by Lydon. The portrait is now in the National Gallery of Ireland.
She told the story of her life to Reverend Brother Luke Cullen (1793-1859). He was a famous folk chronicler from Little Bray, and a Carmelite brother in Clondalkin.