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Cros Ard, Mainistir Bhuithe

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CATEGORIES

Archaeology

WHERE TO SEE IT

Monasterboice, Drogheda, Co Louth,

DESCRIPTION

… This circle may be intended to represent a halo around the figure of Christ, but it can also be seen as a continuation of a much older Irish tradition of representations of the sun….

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An Post Ninth Definitive Stamps Series

A History of Ireland
in 100 Objects, a selection