The 1916 Remembrance Garden was developed by Athenry Tidy Towns to honour the men and women of 1916 and was officially opened on Easter Monday, 28 March 2016.

The centrepiece of the garden is the bust of Liam Mellows, first unveiled in 1966 in front of the old national school for boys. The bust was moved to the grounds of the new national school for boys in 1989. The board members of the boys school very kindly agreed to have the bust relocated to the garden in time for the national commemoration ceremonies of Easter 2016. 

The garden has several symbolic pieces, including seven holly trees representing the seven signatories of the 1916 proclamation and sixteen heather plants which honour the sixteen men who were executed for their part in the 1916 Rising.

Three scenes from Pete St John's well-known song The Fields of Athenry represent the Great Irish Famine in a stone carving along the western boundary wall.

This 1916 Garden is a place of peace, reflection and tranquillity for visitors.