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Ballykearney in the Rain

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My nearest town, five miles away, is Bunclody, which straddles the Slaney River shortly after it enters county Wexford, having tumbled down the mountains from Wicklow. Following the river downstream, southwards towards the heart of Wexford, the next bridge is at Ballykearney. That’s where I took these pictures.

#2 Hewn Granite

Here you can see a hewn granite cross in the graveyard, with the church tower in the background.

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BallykearneyBunclodydarloIrelandriverSlaneyWexford

Written by Norman Darlo

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  6. I used to edit the church bulletin for a Catholic church named after an Irish saint. I used a lot of Celtic crosses even though there were not a lot of people of Irish descent still in the parish.

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      • It would depend on whom you asked. They’re fairly common in America. I see a lot of them in cemeteries. Due to the degradation of our educational system, I would doubt that many people under 30 would know what they are called.

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