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Mon 04 Apr 2009Five new sites proposed for Unesco heritage list
PROPOSALS BY the Government to nominate Monasterboice as well as Glendalough, Durrow, Clonmacnoise and Inis Cealtra for consideration by Unesco as World Heritage sites will be outlined to county councillors in Louth this morning.
Monasterboice is an early mediaeval monastic site in Louth said to have been founded in the 5th century by St Buithe, a follower of St Patrick.
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