Tradition suggests that Colm Cille founded the Church at Mevagh in Clontallagh townland. He is also credited with erecting the High Cross there. It is said that he left the track of his fingers in the stone. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosguill) As the earliest of the High Crosses ...
just inside the gate of the church; at St. Munna’s graveyard nearby; at the Lady’s Church graveyard in Taghmon and at a graveyard Whitechurch in Wilkinson townland north of Taghmon.
Very interesting; thanks, Dalgan. I don’t suppose you have any of your great great grandfather’s files: he might have been involved in mortgaging the Royal Canal to a [retired] lady of ill-repute. On Liffey Junction, see the 25″ Ordnance Survey maphereIndustrial...
from as close to the waterside as we could get. It has been remarked that the Blackwater is an invisible gem: unless you like exploring boreens, and (preferably) have a 4WD car,it is very difficult to see the river from the land. In March 2...
All the crosses except the Market Cross are located at the Church in town center, indicated by four circles on the map below. The Market Cross is located near the right side of the map below. The map is cropped from the Historic Environment Viewer. Sources Consulted Harbison, Peter; "...