What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA006-054
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Photo credits
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.archaeological.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irishmirror.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
- GAA (publisher); individual photographer not identified in image caption, www.gaa.ie
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