What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA007-046
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Photo credits
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
- Hyacinth45 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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