Holywood Library
Main Library
A Waif, cast in bronze, by the reception desk; (presented by Rosamond to Holywood Urban District Council in 1953, though first exhibited in 1906).
The Praeger Room
(Ground floor, Holywood Library)
A display cabinet containing various works, including
- three books by Rosamond
- The Philosopher in alabaster (first made in 1913)
- a bronze bust of Sir Robert Lloyd Patterson (her uncle)
- a plaster relief Of Mrs D Weaving
- the book Rosamond Praeger by Con Auld
On the wall
- two large charcoal drawings by Rosamond (c. 1884), of James Dunlop Barbour and his daughter Gail Hilda Mary Barbour (then at Ardville in Marino)
On the window sill
- The Philosopher in painted clay
- a bust of an Italian Boy in painted clay
High Street
Johnny the Jig, (on a granite base carved by Holywood sculptor, Morris Harding). This was a copy of the original now in North Down Museum, erected in November 1953 at Rosamond’s wish to mark the playground donated to the town by the McCormick family.
Hibernia Street
A blue plaque erected by the Ulster History Circle on the site of her studio, St Brigid’s, at 33 Hibernia Street (replaced by the premises of the Fold Housing Association and the Ruddy Duck).
King Edward VII Memorial Hall
Sullivan Place
Rosamond created the plaque above the main entrance to this 1912 building. It reads ‘Be just, temperate, brave and free’.
St Philip and St James Church
Church Road
Her St Brigid plaque is on the west wall; (formerly it was above her Hibernia Street studio).
The Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church
High Street
War Memorial plaque placed (in 1922) in the central foyer of the church, along with other works by Rosamond including Angels in a Tympanum, and memorial to Lt James Dermot Neill. (The Praegers worshipped here, and Rosamond attended the School in the lower part of the Lanyon-designed building.)
The Priory Graveyard
The memorial to Rosamond’s parents (at the farthest east wall).
The Crescent
A blue plaque commemorates the birth place of William Emilius, Robert Lloyd and Sophia Rosamond Praeger. It was the first home of her parents after they married.
Woodburn House
Croft Road
The home of the Praeger family from 1868 to 1891 is indicated by a blue plaque; her brothers Harry, Egmont and Owen Praeger were born here.
Praeger’s Field
The open space, inland of the Coastal Path, between Holywood and Seapark (donated by Rosamond).
Sullivan Upper School
Cartouche tablets above the main doors, (based on a bust of the founder Dr Robert Sullivan); other works and a school house named after her. Also twin reliefs over the Girls’ entrance to Sullivan Upper School.
Campbell College
War Memorial (dated 1922).
Riddel Hall
Stranmillis Road
A memorial bronze (of 1915) commemorates the founders of this Hall of Residence for women students in Belfast.
Queen’s University
The monumental memorial to Rev Thomas Hamilton in the Great Hall, (who was be President of Queen’s as a College and then the first Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University).
Ulster Museum
The Fairy Fountain (1901, in white marble); and other works not all of which are on display.
Ulster Hospital
Dundonald
Bringing in the Sheaves, (a memorial bronze commemorating the first chairman of the Hospital, Ernest Boas, and his son who was killed at the Somme in 1916).
St Anne’s Cathedral
The memorial to William Reeves, of Down and Connor and Dromore (1886-92), on the north wall of the Cathedral.
North Down Museum
A dedicated display in the museum of Rosamond’s plaster-work sculptures featuring Johnny the Jig (commemorating Boy Scout Fergus Morton) and Spring.
In the Café, there is a frieze in stone called The Shawls, depicting Belfast mill workers.
Further Information
For more information and the life and work of Rosamond Praeger see Praeger in Holywood
