
What is recorded here
Ardagh East holds a buried field where dead people waited for rain, bread and memory. The ground may have swallowed children, lovers or strangers, yet no name has escaped it. Darkness does not require proof when it repeats itself inside the story.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
St Faughna's Roman Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 41 yd
schoolschool · 71 yd
St Fachtnas WellHoly well · 163 yd
The Warren DunesNature reserve · 1.1 mi
The WarrenBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Downeen Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.5 mi
Lookout over MillcoveViewpoint · 1.5 mi
Pol a Dabh West (Blowhole)Viewpoint · 1.9 mi
The Black RocksIslet · 2.3 miOther information
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