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Knockroe Passage Tombs Spirals Symbols Spirals; opening/closing The Sun Ring; common to all or most Celtic Crosses Bosses on each arm of cross;

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3 Knockroe Passage Tombs

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6 Symbols Spirals; opening/closing The Sun Ring; common to all or most Celtic Crosses Bosses on each arm of cross; Seasons Forces of Evil; Serpents, Lizards etc Central Boss; Christ Christ Figure; Clothed / Triumphant / Resurrected Scriptural Crosses; Scenes from Old or New Testament

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8 Patterns 11 2 3 4 From; Sun & Cross. Jakob Streit

9 Ossary Crosses. Typical Motifs 1-g eometric shapes The Seven Bishops or Christ with Apostles OPW Photo

10 Ossary Crosses. Typical Motifs 3 3- The animal k ingdom Adam & Eve in Paradise OPW Photo

11 Kilree Cross a- The bare Winter sun at bottom. b- The Spring sun, unfolding spirals. c- Summer sun, expanding powerfully in the spiral. d- Autumnal equinox, reversing in the spiral From; Sun & Cross by Jacob Streit

12 Memorial Cross To Niall Caille. High King. Photo; Sli 5 Tour Guide

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14 Ahenny South Cross. West Face

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16 Killamery CrossEast FaceKillamery CrossEast Face KilameryCrossKilameryCross

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19 St Mullins. Co Carlow OPW Photo

20 Ullard Church OPW Photo

21 Tibberaghny Pillar Stone

22 Jerpoint Abbey. Crucifix

23 Modern Reproductions

24 Famine Memorial Quebec, Canada. Fabricated; Kellymount Quarries, Paulstown. Sculptor; Aileen Brannigan Modern Reproductions

25 Clonmacnoise. Cross of the Scriptures OPW Photo

26 Modern Reproductions Famine Memorial. Portland Oregon USA. Modelled on Cross of the Scriptures Clonmacnoise. Sculptor; S. McGlone, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal

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