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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.
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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.
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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. |
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