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    3. Tuam; 'Market' / 'Tall' Cross
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    5. Tuam; 'Market' / 'Tall' Cross
    6. Tuam; 'Tall' Cross
    7. Tuam; 'Tall' Cross
    8. Tybroughney Pillar
    9. Tybroughney Pillar
    10. Tybroughney Pillar
    11. Tybroughney Pillar
    12. Tybroughney Pillar
    13. Tybroughney Pillar
    14. Tynan
    15. Tynan; Abbey Cross
    16. Tynan; Village Cross
    17. Tynan; Village Cross
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1. Tybroughney Pillar

Image
RecordAuthor Orla Murphy
ISODate 2002-05-02
Date 2 May 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Kilkenny
Townland Tibberaghney
OSMapRef S-44.21
Area Ireland
GeneralContext Stone type: sandstone
Dimensions 1.1 m high, 48 cm on face, and 25 cm wide on the sides.
Location in an old graveyard by a pedestrian railway bridge.
GeneralContext
GeneralDescription This is a general view of the south side of the pillar at Tybroughney.
South a centaur walks to the right, a winged griffin walks to the left above it

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