Desmond Broe

His father, Leo, was a sculptor, with the family sculpting business run from a premises in Harold's Cross, Dublin.^[1] His sister, Irene, was also a sculptor.^[2]

Broe attended the National College of Art and Design, and won the Taylor Scholarship in 1943 for modelling.^[2] His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[3] His work was exhibited alongside his sister and father, as well as May Power, at the 1955 Institute of the Sculptors of Ireland exhibition in the Hugh Lane Gallery.^[4] One of his most notable works in a plaque to Patrick and William Pearse, erected on their former home at 27 Pearse Street. He also carved the headstone at the family's burial plot in Deans Grange Cemetery,^[5] and the IRA Memorial in Athlone.^[6]

Broe's son, Damian, took over the family sculpting business which was later known as Monumental Sculptors.^[7]

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