What is recorded here
Adjacent to a road and across a stream which flows out from the base of a limestone scarp c. 80m to the NNW at St Maine’s holy well (SL040-170001-). According to tradition, O’Rourke of Breifny was opposed to the building of the nearby monastery (SL040-171001-). St Maine, perceiving that the chief was on his way to…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL040-170002
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- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Daniel Waters, Co. Sligo, Ireland from Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Rob Hurson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY 2.5
- Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
- Eastern Harps GAA Club; individual photographer not named, www.easternharps.com
- Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.smithsonianmag.com
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