Legacy
O'Higgins body lay in state in the Mansion House before a state funeral held at St Andrew’s Church, Westland Row. He was buried at Glasnevin Cemetery.
In 1927, a relief of O'Higgins was posthumously added to a controversial 1923 cenotaph in the grounds of Leinster House dedicated to Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith. This was replaced in 1950 by a simpler granite obelisk commemorating Griffith, Collins and O'Higgins.
In July 2012, Taoiseach Enda Kenny unveiled a commemorative plaque to his memory at the site in Booterstown where he was shot.
His brother Thomas F. O'Higgins and nephews Tom O'Higgins and Michael O'Higgins were later elected TDs.
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