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Re: Churches & Graveyards
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 12 August 18 07:58 BST (UK) »
The Church at the Friary was there well before 1858, it's on the old OSI maps which date from the 1830s or 1840s

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,704672,621743,11,7

The Friary has been there since the 1200s, though rebuilt multiple times. I think the present structure dates from 1802, previous rebuild 1690, etc.
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