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St. Kierans Tree

Ritual site, holy tree/bush
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What is recorded here

Reference to a venerable old ash, on the roadside to E of St Kieran's monastery (LA027-022002-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 347). No trace survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA027-023

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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