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Perhaps some of these questions may
soon be answered. Further letters to the local newspapers have confirmed
that the monument is indeed buried at a site in Newtownstalaban,
just outside Drogheda. Just how it got there, and who authorised its
removal is not yet clear, but as the letters below indicate, many townspeople
feel that the monument should be retrieved and re-erected.
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1st. June 2005, Drogheda Leader, Letter to the
Editor
The writer of this letter calls the
removal of the Whitworth Monument as "the biggest act of
vandalism ever carried out on the people of Drogheda". The
writer also calls for Drogheda Borough Council to order an
enquiry, and appeals for anyone who has any information to
come forward. |
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8th. June, Drogheda Leader, Letter to the
Editor
This letterwriter worked part-time in Drogheda docks in the
1960's and he outlines the part he played in dismantling
the monument and removing it to a yard in Newtownstalaban, just
outside Drogheda. |
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17th. June, Drogheda Independent,
Reilly's Eye
This weekly commentry of events in the town notes
the previous letters and supports the view that the Whitworth
monument should be "dug up and returned to the people
of Drawda". |
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22nd. June, Drogheda Leader, Letter to the
Editor
The writer of this
letter remembers from some years back that the Drogheda Corporation
members of the time voted to erect a plaque in
memory of Benjamin Whitworth, but asks the question where is
the plaque? |
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1 st . June 1994, Drogheda
Independent
Dating from 1994, this letter
to the editor of the Drogheda Independent, shows that the
disappearance of the Whitworth Monument has been on the minds
of Drogheda people for many years.
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