Galway residents want council to remove Confederate monument

There has been plenty of news surrounding the recent protests in Charlottesville, as white nationalist groups protested the potential removal of monuments honouring Confederate generals. 

Now, Tuam could be the next site at which a confederate statue could be removed. 

A plaque honouring the life of Confederate General Richard Dowling, a Tuam native who fought in the Civil War on the side of the Confederates. 

A bad picture of a plaque to a Confederate soldier from Tuam, Richard Dowling. I'll try & get a better one soon chaps pic.twitter.com/5yS1V9yhgr

— John Jeremiah Cronin (@jjpciii) December 27, 2013

The plaque stands under an engraving of the General's face, and honours his life and death. 

Tuam locals have called on the County Council to remove the plaque.

'It was put up in 1998,' local Independent Councillor Shaun Cunniffe told Breaking News.

'The focus at the time from the Tuam Town Council was really on the enormous effect that this guy had, Dick Dowling, in Houston – there was streets named after him, parks named after him.'

'Unfortunately, I think they overlooked the fact that he was on the side of the American Civil War that wanted to uphold slavery.'

This news comes after a man was reportedly arrested in Houston after attempting to blow up a statue of Richard Dowling in Hermann Park, Houston, according to the Houston Chronicle. 

Feature image: John Jeremiah Cronin / Twitter