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Graveyard in Monknewtown

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The parish church of Monknewtown (ME019-019----) is in N part of a square graveyard (dims 34m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by masonry walls, which contains memorials dating from 1768-1962. There is a churchyard cross (ME019-019004-) in the gravyeard. The font (ME019-019003-) in now in front of the Roman Catholic church of Monknewtown, c. 75m to the N (ME019-018----).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME019-019001

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  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.youtube.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, nypost.com
  • William Ellison, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Martin Richard Phelan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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