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In Ardagh graveyard (SL034-048002-) the earliest headtone is dated 1696. The inscription reads: HERE LYeTH THE BODY OF OWeN BREHEANY WHO PARTED THIS LIFE IN THE YEARE 1696 (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL034-048010

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