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Sarsfieldstown Cross

Coordinates: 53°39′14″N 6°15′27″W / 53.653951°N 6.257573°W / 53.653951; -6.257573
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Barnewall Cross at The Gullet, Sarsfieldstown, Co Meath

Sarsfieldstown Cross
Sarsfieldstown Cross is located in Ireland
Sarsfieldstown Cross
Shown within Ireland
LocationSarsfieldstown, Julianstown
County Meath, Ireland
Coordinates53°39′14″N 6°15′27″W / 53.653951°N 6.257573°W / 53.653951; -6.257573
TypeWayside cross
History
Founded1480–1513
DesignationNational Monument

Sarsfieldstown Cross is a wayside cross and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland.

Location

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Sarsfieldstown Cross is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of Laytown.

Description

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Sarsfieldstown Cross is a late 16th-century memorial cross erected to remember Christopher Barnewall (1522–1575). The cross remains as a fragment of a shaft with figure sculpture in false relief and inscription.[1] The inscription in Latin around the base reads: "Archbishop Octavian, Primate of all Ireland, has granted an indulgence in perpetuity, to every penitent, as often as they shall devoutly say an Our Father, and a Hail Mary, for the souls of Christopher Barnewall; Kt, and Elizabeth Plunket, and all the faithful departed."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "ME01286 - SARSFIELDSTOWN - Cross - Wayside cross". 6 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Geograph:: Wayside cross, Sarsfieldstown, Co. Meath © Kieran Campbell".