Travel Reference
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Monument to Strongbow
The southern aisle has a
monument to the legendary Strongbow
. The armoured figure on the tomb
is unlikely to be of Strongbow (it's more probably the Earl of Drogheda), but his internal
organs may have been buried here. A popular legend relates an especially visceral version
of the daddy-didn't-love-me tale: the half-figure beside the tomb is supposed to be Strong-
bow's son, who was cut in two by his loving father when his bravery in battle was suspect
- an act that surely would have saved the kid a fortune in therapist's bills.
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