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Brigidine Convent

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Brigidine Convent
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Eleven-bay three-storey convent, dated 1885, with projecting porch to front and full-height gabled projecting end bays. Four-bay three-storey house, c. 1810.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12900631

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  • LoriStrang, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • David Maher / Laois Nationalist; credited beside lead photograph, www.laois-nationalist.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
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