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Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice

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Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice

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    January 29, 2023

    Wikipedia (Monasterboice (Irish: Mainistir Bhuithe), 2023-01-29):
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monasterboice
    - Round Tower
    - Muiredach's Cross (South Cross)
    - West Cross (Tall Cross / at the north church)
    - North Cross
    - East Cross
    Wikipedia (List of National Monuments in County Louth, 2023-02-21):
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Monuments_in_County_Louth
    “National Monument 94 … Monasterboice … High crosses, churches & round tower”

    TheIrishRoadTrip ("The Story Behind The Monasterboice High Crosses And Round Tower”, 2023-01-29):
    theirishroadtrip.com/monasterboice

    National Monuments Service (Monasterboice, Co. Louth, 2023-01-29):


    Wikipedia (Muiredach's High Cross, 2023-01-29):
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muiredach's_High_Cross
    Roaringwater Journal (Muiredach's Cross, 2020-03-01):
    roaringwaterjournal.com/tag/muiredachs-cross

      September 28, 2022

      The Muiredach Cross is 5.8 m high. Its ornament and scenes are well preserved. Those on the east side - from the Old Testament - show Christ mocked by the Romans, above Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and Cain slaying Abel. In the west it bears scenes from the New Testament. It got its name from an inscription in the plinth that says it was erected by Muiredach.

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