Bishop of Derry Designate 1690
English soldier and Anglican priest. He was joint Governor of Londonderry during the Siege in 1689. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne while going to the aid of the wounded Duke of Schomberg. Originally buried at the battlefield but at the insistence of his widow Isabella, his body was later exhumed and buried inside the church at Saint Michaels Church Castlecaulfield. [Church Of Ireland Parish of Donaghmore] Burial here Rev. George Walker
The Walker Plinth on the Walls of Londonderry completed in 1828, remains in his memory, originally 90 feet in height and capped by statue of Walker; the column was destroyed in an IRA bomb attack in 1973.
THIS MONUMENT was erected to perpetuate the memory of the
Rev. GEORGE WALKER, who, aided by the garrison and brave inhabitants
of this City, most gallantly defended it through a protracted siege, viz., from the 7th Dec.
1688 O.S. to the 12th of August following against an arbitrary and bigoted Monarch,
heading an army of upwards of 20,000 men, many of whom were foreign
mercenaries, and by such valiant conduct in numerous sorties, and by patiently
enduring extreme privations and sufferings, successfully resisted the besiegers
and preserved for their posterity the blessings of
civil and religious liberty.
English soldier and Anglican priest. He was joint Governor of Londonderry during the Siege in 1689. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne while going to the aid of the wounded Duke of Schomberg. Originally buried at the battlefield but at the insistence of his widow Isabella, his body was later exhumed and buried inside the church at Saint Michaels Church Castlecaulfield. [Church Of Ireland Parish of Donaghmore] Burial here Rev. George Walker
The Walker Plinth on the Walls of Londonderry completed in 1828, remains in his memory, originally 90 feet in height and capped by statue of Walker; the column was destroyed in an IRA bomb attack in 1973.
THIS MONUMENT was erected to perpetuate the memory of the
Rev. GEORGE WALKER, who, aided by the garrison and brave inhabitants
of this City, most gallantly defended it through a protracted siege, viz., from the 7th Dec.
1688 O.S. to the 12th of August following against an arbitrary and bigoted Monarch,
heading an army of upwards of 20,000 men, many of whom were foreign
mercenaries, and by such valiant conduct in numerous sorties, and by patiently
enduring extreme privations and sufferings, successfully resisted the besiegers
and preserved for their posterity the blessings of
civil and religious liberty.
Bishop of Derry Designate 1690
English soldier and Anglican priest. He was joint Governor of Londonderry during the Siege in 1689. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne while going to the aid of the wounded Duke of Schomberg. Originally buried at the battlefield but at the insistence of his widow Isabella, his body was later exhumed and buried inside the church at Saint Michaels Church Castlecaulfield. [Church Of Ireland Parish of Donaghmore] Burial here Rev. George Walker
The Walker Plinth on the Walls of Londonderry completed in 1828, remains in his memory, originally 90 feet in height and capped by statue of Walker; the column was destroyed in an IRA bomb attack in 1973.
THIS MONUMENT was erected to perpetuate the memory of the
Rev. GEORGE WALKER, who, aided by the garrison and brave inhabitants
of this City, most gallantly defended it through a protracted siege, viz., from the 7th Dec.
1688 O.S. to the 12th of August following against an arbitrary and bigoted Monarch,
heading an army of upwards of 20,000 men, many of whom were foreign
mercenaries, and by such valiant conduct in numerous sorties, and by patiently
enduring extreme privations and sufferings, successfully resisted the besiegers
and preserved for their posterity the blessings of
civil and religious liberty.
English soldier and Anglican priest. He was joint Governor of Londonderry during the Siege in 1689. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne while going to the aid of the wounded Duke of Schomberg. Originally buried at the battlefield but at the insistence of his widow Isabella, his body was later exhumed and buried inside the church at Saint Michaels Church Castlecaulfield. [Church Of Ireland Parish of Donaghmore] Burial here Rev. George Walker
The Walker Plinth on the Walls of Londonderry completed in 1828, remains in his memory, originally 90 feet in height and capped by statue of Walker; the column was destroyed in an IRA bomb attack in 1973.
THIS MONUMENT was erected to perpetuate the memory of the
Rev. GEORGE WALKER, who, aided by the garrison and brave inhabitants
of this City, most gallantly defended it through a protracted siege, viz., from the 7th Dec.
1688 O.S. to the 12th of August following against an arbitrary and bigoted Monarch,
heading an army of upwards of 20,000 men, many of whom were foreign
mercenaries, and by such valiant conduct in numerous sorties, and by patiently
enduring extreme privations and sufferings, successfully resisted the besiegers
and preserved for their posterity the blessings of
civil and religious liberty.
