Éamonn Ceannt was one of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation, which declared the Irish Republic. During the 1916 Rising, he was Commandant of the 4th Battalion Irish Volunteers at the South Dublin Union. This Garden (site 2 on the Signatories Trail, Galway County 1916 Rising Heritage Trail) was dedicated on the 135th anniversary of his birth in Ballymoe, County Galway on 21 September, 2016.
