Here Lies: A Guide to Irish Graves"Maeve Friel takes her readers down remote country lanes and up windswept hills to visit the graves of more than 500 of Ireland's famous, infamous, heroic, tragic and eccentric dead." --Back cover. |
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... Wexford and for Carlow . He died on Christmas Day 1889 , aged fifty - eight , and was buried in the private graveyard on the demesne at Borris House , Borris , near Muine Beag ( Bagenalstown ) . The gravestone is a large Celtic cross ...
... Wexford and for Carlow . He died on Christmas Day 1889 , aged fifty - eight , and was buried in the private graveyard on the demesne at Borris House , Borris , near Muine Beag ( Bagenalstown ) . The gravestone is a large Celtic cross ...
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A Guide to Irish Graves Maeve Friel. WEXFORD FERNS The small village of Ferns was once the capital of Leinster and the home of the Kings of Leinster . In the ruins of the cathedral behind the new cathedral is an ancient stone ... WEXFORD ...
A Guide to Irish Graves Maeve Friel. WEXFORD FERNS The small village of Ferns was once the capital of Leinster and the home of the Kings of Leinster . In the ruins of the cathedral behind the new cathedral is an ancient stone ... WEXFORD ...
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... Wexford courthouse railings after his execution , was rescued and secretly buried in the churchyard of the now ruined old church in St Patrick's churchyard in Wexford city ( key available at Municipal Buildings ) where there are many ...
... Wexford courthouse railings after his execution , was rescued and secretly buried in the churchyard of the now ruined old church in St Patrick's churchyard in Wexford city ( key available at Municipal Buildings ) where there are many ...
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