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Under the heading, ‘Ancient Monastery’, Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 440) notes that, ‘Tradition points to a field of Mr. Daniel Maher’s in Killaloe, close to the old churchyard [KK022-018002-], as the site of an ancient monastery. This field was known as Paurk-Philop, or Philip’s Field, till 1839, when the Ordnance Survey…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK022-045
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