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The graveyard belonging to the medieval St. Mary's parish church (WM029-042021-) of Athlone is today enclosed by a stone wall of uncertain date. The E section of the wall incorporates part of the 17th century town wall of Athlone which was adjacent to the east gate of the town. In 1578 a 21 year lease granted to…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM029-042022
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- Pat Byrne, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- PatWhelehan, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Gerken, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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