Why this matters
A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Cross in Ballymorin is recorded as Cross in Westmeath. Recorded in 1981 that a 'note pencilled onto map refers to a cross near Newbristy school. Newbristy School is situated beside the road on boundary of Ballymorin and Tobercormick townlands.
Foundation and growth
The saved account records: Recorded in 1981 that a 'note pencilled onto map refers to a cross near Newbristy school.
People and events
The saved account records: Newbristy School is situated beside the road on boundary of Ballymorin and Tobercormick townlands.
Damage, loss and survival
The saved account records: A local woman said "she had heard tell that the like was there long ago" ' (SMR file).
Why it mattered
Cross in Ballymorin matters because the source ties cross to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: The OS Letters recorded that 'On Mullach an tSleibhe, near Newbristy National Schoolhouse there stood a cross which was frequently visited by persons who performed stations or repeated prayers at it.' The precise location of this monument is unknown and the current coordinates can only be considered indicative.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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