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Monument in Athenry

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Monument in Athenry
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Athenry, County Galway, Ireland Surviving head of late 15th-century market cross at the town square. It is a lantern-type cross and the only one of this kind in Ireland. (See Seán Spellissy: The History of Galway , ISBN 0-9534683-4-8 , p. 174.)
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland Surviving head of late 15th-century market cross at the town square. It is a lantern-type cross and the only one of this kind in Ireland. (See Seán Spellissy: The History of Galway , ISBN 0-9534683-4-8 , p. 174.) · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland Rear of the late 15th-century market cross at the town square of Athenry. It is a lantern-type cross and the only one of this kind in Ireland. (See Seán Spellissy: The History of Galway , ISBN 0-9534683-4-8 , p. 174.)
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland Rear of the late 15th-century market cross at the town square of Athenry. It is a lantern-type cross and the only one of this kind in Ireland. (See Seán Spellissy: The History of Galway , ISBN 0-9534683-4-8 , p. 174.) · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Imagine a trader passing Monument in Athenry with a basket of eggs, trying to spot a customer while her son stops to study the carving of the Crucifixion. She gets him moving with a promise of first pick from the buns, provided he carries the basket gently.

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Freestanding limestone cross consisting of stepped rubble stone square-profile base, erected c.1810, with late medieval socket stone with carved animals, and carved lantern cross of c.1475. Carvings consist of crucifixion scene to south side and Madonna and Child to north side. Located in Market Square.
Known as the Market Cross, this monument is remarkable for the carving of a Crucifixion on one face. It is a significant feature as it is one of the last remnants of a fine late medieval Gothic cross of tabernacle or lantern Type, unique in Ireland, and therefore highly significant to the architectural and archaeological heritage of the county.

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It is a significant feature as it is one of the last remnants of a fine late medieval Gothic cross of tabernacle or lantern Type, unique in Ireland, and therefore highly significant to the architectural and archaeological heritage of the county.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30332020

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Pictures: Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ingo Mehling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Rryswny, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Joseph McGinley, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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