Albert Power produced two separate works for St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, sited close to one another within the park: the Thomas Kettle Memorial (1921) and the Haslam Seat (1925).
The bronze bust of Thomas M. Kettle (1880–1916) stands on a stone pedestal inscribed: “Born Co. Dublin, 9th February 1880. Killed at Guinchy, 9th September 1916. Poet. Essayist. Patriot.” Below, a verse from Kettle’s own poem to his daughter Betty reads: “Died not for flag, nor King, nor Emperor, / But for a dream born in a herdsman’s shed, / And for the secret scripture of the poor.” Kettle was an Irish nationalist politician, writer, and barrister killed at the Battle of Ginchy during the First World War while serving with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers — a figure whose memory sits at the complex intersection of Irish nationalism and Irish participation in the British war effort.
The Haslam Seat, a stone bench nearby, is inscribed: “In remembrance of Anna Maria, 1829–1922, and Thomas Haslam, 1825–1917. This seat is erected in honour of their long years of public service chiefly devoted to the enfranchisement of women.” The Haslams were prominent Irish suffragists; Anna Maria Haslam co-founded the Dublin Women’s Suffrage Association and lived to see Irish women win the vote in 1918.
The proximity of Power’s Kettle Memorial and Haslam Seat within the same small area of St Stephen’s Green illustrates how concentrated his public commemorative work could be within a single Dublin location — comparable to his multiple commissions at Glasnevin Cemetery and on O’Connell Street.