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Park in Knockaphunta

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Park in Knockaphunta
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Green, extant 1824, with octagonal bollards to perimeter supporting cast-iron chains.
A tree-lined green gifted (1888) by Charles George Bingham (1830-1914), fourth Earl of Lucan, representing an important component of the designed landscape of Castlebar.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31209080

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Pamela Norrington, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Matthew Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John D. Reigh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Eirambler, Wikimedia Commons
  • Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
school68 yd

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Castlebar Methodist ChapelChurch/chapel · 84 yd

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Castlebar CourthouseCourt house · 90 yd

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Christ Church (Castlebar or Aglish)Church/chapel · 116 yd

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Castlebar Infantry BarracksGates/railings/walls · 128 yd

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