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Kinnitty High Cross

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Erected in the 9th century by the monastery abbot, Colman, for the High King of Ireland, Kinnitty High Cross is now located within the grounds of the Kinnitty Castle Hotel. Originally, the cross likely stood within the Early Christian monastery that was founded by Saint Finian Cam in the 6th century. There are two inscriptions on the southern face of the cross that note who built the cross, an...

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