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The Octagon Westport

30/6/2021

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The Octagon, Westport, Co Mayo, cetrepiece of the town plan designed by the eminent Eighteenth Century architect James Wyatt. The central monument was erected in 1845 to commemorate George Glendenning, Agent of the Bank of Ireland and key to the devlopment of the town in the early nineteenth century. In addition to the statue on top of the column, two more sat at either side of its base. Damaged in 1922  the staues were removed in 1945 and,  in 1990,  St Patrick  was put on top of the column and new panels inserted at the base recounting his life’s story.
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