Sarsfieldstown Cross
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  Shown within Ireland | |
| Location | Sarsfieldstown, Julianstown County Meath, Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 53°39′14″N 6°15′27″W / 53.653951°N 6.257573°W |
| Type | Wayside cross |
| History | |
| Founded | 1480–1513 |
| Designation | National Monument |
Sarsfieldstown Cross is a wayside cross and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland.
Location
[edit]Sarsfieldstown Cross is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of Laytown.
Description
[edit]Sarsfieldstown Cross is a late 16th-century memorial cross erected to remember Christopher Barnewall (1522–1575). The cross remains as a fragment of a shaft with figure sculpture in false relief and inscription.[1] The inscription in Latin around the base reads: "Archbishop Octavian, Primate of all Ireland, has granted an indulgence in perpetuity, to every penitent, as often as they shall devoutly say an Our Father, and a Hail Mary, for the souls of Christopher Barnewall; Kt, and Elizabeth Plunket, and all the faithful departed."[2]