Carrickdexter Cross

This wayside cross was erected circa 1607 by Dame Jennet Dowdall for her second husband, Oliver Plunket, the Baron of Louth. There is another cross in Meath, Athcarne White Cross, that was also erected by Dowdall for her second husband. This cross was made as part of a pair, the other of which exists at Louth Hall in Tallanstown. Carrickdexter Cross is made from limestone, and is also referred...