What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF035-070
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
- AnRo0002, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Working Men's Educational Union, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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