Also known as the McCann Memorial Monument, this clock and sculpture honors Owen McCann, the first chairman of Leitrim County Council. He lived from 1851-1901. The clock attached to the monument was removed for a time due to disrepair, but was restored and replaced. It is a great source of pride to the residents of County Leitrim.
An old courthouse once stood near the site of the monument. It was the site of some interesting events following the rising of 1798, after the defeat of Humbert’s army and the United Irishmen by Cornwallis and Lake.
A large group of Irish prisoners were brought here and a fixed number were sentenced to death by Cornwallis. An officer named Captain Kay received the duty of determining which prisoners would be hanged by conducting a lottery, choosing the assigned numbers of prisoners from a hat. It should be noted that Lord Cornwallis was the same English General who surrendered to General George Washington at the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1781.