Boyle Pleasure Grounds, Shop Street, Boyle

A place where you can sit and rest, watch a game of soccer on the all-weather pitch, let the children play in the enclosed safe playground, or walk along by Boyle River.

This is where the Military band used to play years ago. From here you can see the front of King House.

A monument stands beside the large holm oak tree. In 1763 Sir Edward King had a statue and pier in honour of King William lll erected on the bridge beside The Royal Hotel . D'Alton Annals of Boyle refer to 'a statue of King William representing his majesty with a crown of Laurel on his head and the Order of the Garter on his knee'. When the new bridge was built in 1834, Viscount Lorton had the monument moved to the Pleasure Grounds. Later ,during the 'Troubles' in the early 1920's, the statue was beheaded. Subsequently the rest of the statue was removed and now only the pedestal remains.