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Muckross Abbey, Killarney, Co.Kerry

Muckross Abbey, near Killarney, Co.Kerry.
Burial place of the poet Aodhagán Ó Rathaille and the O'Rahilly family.

See also Muckross House.

Sources yet to be consulted:
- Guide to Muckross Abbey, Maurice Moriarty, 1900, various editions 1906, 1948.
  - 1948 edn repub in [O'Sullivan, 2001].
- From Muckross Abbey to Martyrs' Hill: The Story of the Franciscans in Killarney, Marie O'Sullivan, 2001, [KCL] 941.96
- Muckross gravestone inscriptions, [O'Kief] vol.6.

Muckross Abbey, approach from the E side.
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From Google street view.
See 2000 photo.

Muckross Abbey on 1887 to 1913 map.

Muckross Abbey, 1794.
The poet Aodhagán Ó Rathaille already buried there at this time.
From Archiseek.

Muckross Abbey, from the W side.
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Photo 2006. From here. See terms of use.
See also street view.

Muckross Abbey.
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Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.
From The Library of Congress.

Muckross Abbey, from the W side.
Doorway in centre-left of photo is entrance to the nave. Walk in here, and on RHS heading towards the tower is the O'Rahilly grave.
Photo by David Edgar, 2005. See terms of use.

Muckross Abbey, from the W side.
Photo 2004. From here. See terms of use.

Muckross Abbey, from the E side. See full size.
Photo 2006. Photo courtesy of Richard Humphreys.

Muckross Abbey, from the E side.
Photo 2002 by Ken Colombini. See terms of use.

Sign at Muckross Abbey.
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Photo 2006 by Pierre Gorissen. See terms of use.

Plan of Muckross Abbey.
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From p.161 of Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 5th series, vol.2, 1892.