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Chapel in Abbeygrove

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According to O'Kelly (1985, 66), Abbeygrove townland was, 'formerly part of Dunbell which was Jerpoint Abbey lands. The dwelling house of the O'Neill family here is believed to have been a chapel belonging to the Jerpoint monks'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK020-055

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