A N;W; View of the Church of Moon, Co;y Kildare

A:C: delin 1st. March 1786 ; Pinxt. 4th. March
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830, artist
Summary:View of the church at Moone, County Kildare, Ireland. Church seems to be divded into tow sections, with a bell-cote on top of the gable of one part, and a tall tower (no longer extant) beyond it
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 1783
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Notes:From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. I

Title inscribed in ink l.c. on sheet

Image within circular ink frame diam. 11.8 cm. Watermark u.l. on sheet is part of a shield with fleur-de-lys

It was in the rubbles of the tall tower seen here in this image that the fragments of the great High Cross of Moone were found

Physical description: 1 drawing diam image 11.4 cm., on sheet 18.3 x 26.7 cm.

Citations/References: An Eighteenth Century Antiquary ; The Sketches, Notes and Diaries of Austin Cooper (1759-1830) / Liam Price (ed.). - Dublin 1942 Plate 4, right

Citations/References: Some Notes on the Abbey and Cross of Moone and other places in the Valley of the Griese / F.M. Carroll. - Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society I (5), 1894 illustration on page 286

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Credits:Attributed to Austin Cooper
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Coo 2122 TX (1) 57
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