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1798 Monument

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1798 Monument
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Freestanding drag edged cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, dated 1937, on a stepped base. Road fronted on stone flagged footpath with cast-iron bollards to perimeter.
A monument erected by Michael Timoney [Michéal Ó Tiomanaidhe] (1853-1940) as a testimony to Reverend Andrew [James] Conroy PP (d. 1798), 'executed at Castlebar on charges of aiding the French following the Rising of 1798' (ITA 1942), representing an interesting component of the twentieth-century commemorative architectural heritage of County Mayo.

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