Controversial Sligo Cemetery memorial dismantled overnight
The Irish Times · Sorcha Crowley ·
White marble statues removed from the grave of Willy McGinley amid an ongoing planning investigation into the 4.5m-high structure
A controversial 4.5m-high memorial in Sligo Cemetery has been removed.
Three white marble statues of the Holy Family, St Michael and St Gabriel and the supporting plinth were dismantled at the grave of the late Willy McGinley overnight on Friday.
The top of the 23-year-old’s headstone was also damaged in the operation to remove the surrounding memorial.
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