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Prendergast Monument

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Prendergast Monument
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Freestanding cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, dated 1898; unveiled 1900, on rope twist-detailed inscribed pedestal on stepped base. Road fronted with cast-iron railings to perimeter.
A monument 'erected by the Nationalists of Monasterevan [sic] and Surrounding Districts to the memory of Fr. [Edward] PRENDERGAST [d. 1798]…and in memory of the hero's [sic] who fought and fell for freedom' representing an important component of the built heritage of County Kildare.

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