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In 1622, the parish church (DG063-003001-) of Taughboyne was 'decayed and the reedifying of the same has been stayed by Sir John Stewart Kent, who obtained a warrant at the Council Table to build a new church, himself laying out £100 towards the building ... at St. Johnstown which church should be finished this…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG063-003002
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.britainexpress.com
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- 60McCurdy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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