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Lead Bulla of Pope Leo X,
Pope from 1513 AD to 1521 AD. The Bulla was found in 1835 when a field
was being ploughed on the grounds of the current St. Mary's Priory.
It was presented to the Dominicans by Sir John Lentaigne who had lived
in Tallaght House before the Dominicans purchased the property. (P.
Healy)
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Cut stones
from Tallaght Palace discovered around 1932 when
Dominican Brothers were constructing a rockery at the end of Friar'a
Walk. (P. Healy)
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Holy Water
font from the site of the Chapter House of Christ
Church Cathedral, given to Fr, Jordan Powell, by whom it was left
in Tallaght. It is beside the entrance from the Priory into the
Church.
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Former Priory
Church from A Hundred Years of Tallaght, courtesy
of Fr Hugh Fenning.
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Bullaun stone.
This stone was found when a fosse was being cleared out. It is an
irregular block of conglomerate containing a bullaun or bowl-shaped
hollow. Bullaun stones are found at early monastic sites.
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Possible cross
base. This may have been the base of the cross which
stood on the Main Street of Tallaght.
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Dining Room
chimney piece from Tallaght Palace which was removed
to Tubrid, Co. Waterford and was erected in the parish church there.
When visited in 2002, the church was unroofed with no trace of the
chimney piece.
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Remains of
Bancroft's Castle (1)
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Remains of
Bancroft's Castle (2)
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The Archbishop's
Palace at Tallaght drawn by Beranger in 1771. Courtesy
of the National Library of Ireland 1958 TX3.
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The Glebe House
(St. Maelruain's) - a watercolour by Ann O'Clery.
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The Glebe House
(St. Maelruain's) north elevation courtesy of Ann
O'Clery.
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Former Tallaght
Church which was replaced by the current St Maelruian's
Church in 1829. Note that the tower still survives alongside the
current church. Courtesy of Tallaght Historical Society.
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Old millstones
in the grounds of St. Mary's Priory. The stones
are most likely from Corkagh Mills, Clondalkin.
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Police station
at Tallaght from The Illustrated London News, March
1867.
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Former police
station at Tallaght. This was the Police station
in 1867 at the time of "The Battle of Tallaght".
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Tallaght village
in 1900 from The Neighbourhood of Dublin by Weston
St. John Joyce.
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