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ROSCREA
, a See also:market See also:town near the See also:north-western border of Co
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See also:Tipperary, See also:Ireland, pleasantly situated on undulating ground connecting the See also:Devil's See also:Bit and the Slieve See also:Bloom mountains
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Pop
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(1901) 2325
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It is 77 M
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W.S.W. from See also:Dublin on the Ballybrophy and See also:Limerick See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway
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A branch See also:line runs northward to See also:Birr or Parsonstown
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See also:Flour-milling and tanning are See also:industries, and monthly See also:cattle fairs are held
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There is a branch here of the Trappist Monastery of See also:Mount Melleray in Co
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See also:Waterford
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The antiquarian remains are of See also:interest
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These include portions of an Augustinian See also:abbey, founded by St Cronan, See also:early in the 7th See also:century, which are incorporated into the See also:
Out of this abbey a See also:diocese See also:grew, to be See also:united with that of See also:Killaloe in the 12th century
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Here also was produced the See also:Book of Dimma, consisting of the gospels and accompanied by a brazen See also:shrine, ornamented with See also:silver and See also:tracery, and preserved in the library of Trinity See also:College, Dublin
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A See also:cross and a shrine of St Cronan are in the See also:churchyard
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There are also a See also:round See also:tower, 8o ft. in height, but lacking the upper storeys, and a Franciscan friary (1490); while a circular tower, and a square keep (occupied as See also:barracks), See also:mark strongholds, the one built by See also: |
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