Reference code
IE CA CP/3/16/37/23
Title
Boyne obelisk blown to fragments
Date(s)
- 1 June 1923 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
1 p.; clipping
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A clipping of a report on the destruction of the Boyne Obelisk (sometimes referred to as King William's Obelisk) in Oldbridge, near Drogheda in County Louth. The monument was erected to commemorate King William’s victory over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (1 June 1923).