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Cut limestone Celtic Revival high cross style monument, erected c. 1900, Situated on a hill overlooking Foynes Harbour. The inscription reads: 'To the dear memory of Stephen Edmond Spring Rice born in Limerick 31 August 1814 died at sea 9 May 1865."

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