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Kilkieran Monastic Site

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Map note: Look up Kilkieran Monastic Site, an ancient site in County Kilkenny, Ireland. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.
early Christian monastic site of which remains of a wall were discovered during excavations in the 1980s

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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