What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD023-071
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Photo credits
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
- Andy Cronin, via Athgarvan GAA & LGFA Club, www.athgarvangaa.ie
- Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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