Ireland, County Louth, Monasterboice, Muiredach's High cross (900-923 AD), Interlaced portrait heads and snakes surmounted by

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Ireland, County Louth, Monasterboice, Muiredach's High cross (900-923 AD), Interlaced portrait heads and snakes surmounted by the hand of God The 5,5-metre Muiredach's High Cross is regarded as the finest high cross in the whole of Ireland, It is named after an abbot, Muiredach mac Domhnaill, who died in 923 and features biblical carvings of both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible,

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Size: 2512px × 3775px
Location: County Louth
Photo credit: © BOISVIEUX Christophe / hemis.fr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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