Desmond Broe

His father, Leo, was a sculptor, with the family sculpting business run from a premises in Harold's Cross, Dublin.

[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.

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.