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Cross in Dunmore

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What is recorded here

Now in the yard of the local library in Dunmore village. Plain limestone cross (H 0.51m, Wth 0.38m), with expanded terminals, set on a plinth. According to local tradition, it came from the old church (GA017-005001-) in Dunmore, some 300m to NE. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA017-161

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Dougbermingham at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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