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In the town where Moone Boy is fictionally set and filmed - Boyle in the County Roscommon - is where this one is located. It's on the top of the east wall of the bridge on Bridge Street.

Below: A 'mark on Bridge Street in Boyle.

 

 Above: A view from the bridge looking south with the 'mark, somewhat indistinct, at bottom left.

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Further east on the Mall in Sligo Town is this one. It's on a gate pillar at the Model School. A plaque mentions that the building is the home of the Niland collection containing many works by Jack B Yeats.

Below: Another 'mark on the Mall in Sligo Town.

 

Above: A view of the Model School with the 'mark at bottom right on the gate pillar.

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What appears to have happened here, at the entrance to a car park on the Mall in Sligo Town, is that this gate pillar was rebuilt at some stage using the original stones. The result: the stone with the 'mark was replaced in an upside down position, and so low down so that just the legs of the crow's foot appear to view now.

Below: A 'mark on the Mall in Sligo Town.

 

Above: Looking east on the Mall with the 'mark at bottom left.

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A quite unusual one this. By being on the door step into Saint Columba's Church in the village of Drumcliffe in County Sligo has resulted in it been given a fine patina. Tread softly!

Below: The 'mark on Saint Columba's Church in Drumcliffe.

 

Above: A view of the church. The 'mark is on the entrance step. Two tourists pause beside the grave of William Butler Yeats and George.

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Here's one from the pretty little town of Foxford in County Mayo. It's on the south side wall of the bridge over the River Moy on Chapel Street.

Below: A 'mark on Chapel Street in Foxford.

 

Above: Looking east on the bridge on Chapel Street with the 'mark at right.

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Another one from Galway City. It's on the corner of Main Guard Street at the corner with High Street.

Below: A 'mark on Main Guard Street in Galway City.

 

 Above: A view down Main Guard Street with the 'mark at bottom left.

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Lynch's Castle in the City of the Tribes is where this one can be viewed. It's on the corner of Abbey Gate Street Upper with Shop Street.

Below: A 'mark on Lynch's Castle in Galway City.

 

 Above: A view down Shop Street with the 'mark at bottom right on the corner of the building.

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Claremorris in County Mayo is the location of this one. It's on the south west corner of Saint John's Church on Church Street

Below: A 'mark on Saint John's Church in Claremorris.

 

 Above: A view of Saint John's Church in Claremorris. The 'mark is on the front corner nearest.

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This one is also in Bushmills. It's on the Church of Ireland on Priestland Road.

Below: A 'mark on the Church of Ireland in Bushmills, County Antrim.

 

Above: A view of the church with the 'mark at bottom right.

 

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Just north of the village of Bushmills - where the whiskey comes from - on the A2 in County Antrim at the entrance to Dundarave Estate is this one.

Below: A 'mark at the entrance to Dundarave Estate at Bushmills, County Antrim.

 

 Above: A view of the entrance way to Dundarave Estate with the 'mark on the base of the pillar at right.

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Returning south along the east side of Manchester Road, just a short way past Gipsy Lane is an entrance to a small development of single storey dwellings. At the base of the right hand entrance way pillar is this one.

Below: A 'mark on the east side of Manchester Road in Rochdale.

 

Above: A view of the entrance way with the 'mark on the base of the pillar at right.

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This one from the Manchester Road area in Rochdale, is on the Parish Church of Saint Aidan.

Below: The 'mark on the Parish Church of Saint Aidan on Manchester Road.

 

Above: A view along the south face of the church with the 'mark to the bottom right of the white shuttering. 

 

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Further north along the west side of Manchester Road, at its northern corner with Hargreaves Street is this one.

Below: A 'mark on Manchester Road at its corner with Hargreaves Street.

 

 Above: Looking south on Manchester Road with the 'mark at bottom right.

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This next quartet are on Manchester Road, Sudden, Rochdale in England. The first one up is just across the road from the Royal Toby Hotel.

 

Below: A 'mark on Manchester Road in Rochdale.

 

 Above: Looking south on Manchester Road with the 'mark at bottom right.

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This one was spotted in the grounds of Petworth House in West Sussex in England.
 

Below: A 'mark at Petworth House in England.

 

Above: Looking south along the front of Petworth House. The 'mark is at the base of the pillar with the ornamental vase on top.

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On West Street at the corner with Tower Street in Chichester is a building, formerly a church, but now a hostelry called The Duke & Rye. On the side of the building that fronts on to Tower Street is this 'mark.

Below: A 'mark on Tower Street in Chichester.

 

Above: Looking west along West Street with the 'mark at the bottom of the buttress facing onto Tower Street.

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On a tower-like building to the immediate northwest of Chichester Cathedral in England is this one.

Below: A 'mark on a church building adjacent to Chichester Cathedral.

 

Above: A view of the building to the northwest of Chichester Cathedral with the 'mark at near bottom right.

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In the old Roman town of Chichester, on the western wall of Chichester Cathedral in England is this one.

Below: A 'mark on the west wall of Chichester Cathedral.

 

Above: A view of the west wall of Chichester Cathedral with the 'mark at bottom right.

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This one is on the wall of the little bridge that crosses the River Rye in the Carton Estate in County Kildare.

Below: A 'mark on the bridge over the Rye in the Carton Estate.

Above. A view from the bridge looking west into County Meath with the 'mark in the foreground at bottom right.

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In the heart of London this one is located at the northeast corner of Tragalgar Square just opposite Saint Martin-in-the -Fields Church.

Below: A 'mark at Trafalgar Square in London.

 

 Above: Looking south on Trafalgar Square with the 'mark at bottom right.

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On Kew Road at the Victoria Gate entrance to Kew Gardens in London is this one.

Below: A 'mark on the Victoria Gate at Kew Gardens, Richmond, London.

 

 Above: Looking south on Kew Road with the 'mark at bottom right.

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On Brompton Road, London, on the wall at the northwest corner of the Brompton Cemetery is this one.

Below: A 'mark on Brompton Road in London.

 

 Above: Looking east along Brompton Road with the 'mark at bottom right. Incidently the Brompton Cemetery, with its grand size and many paths, is a good place to go jogging. Keep an eye out for the fine monument on the grave of the rower Robert Coombes in the southeast corner area.

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It fell to Benchmarker, on a visit to the sunny South East, to record this one. It's on the south wall of the Scarawalsh Bridge in County Wexford.

Below: The 'mark on the Scarawalsh Bridge, County Wexford.

 

  Above: Looking south on the Scarawalsh Bridge with the 'mark at centre below. The N11 is visible in the distance.

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This one from PGR is in Galway City. It's on a building at the corner of Whitehall with Abbey Gate Street Lower.

Below: A 'mark on Whitehall in Galway City.

Above: Looking southeast on Lower Abbey Gate Street with the 'mark at the corner of the cut-stone building.

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This one is at Ardgillan Demesne in Fingal County, Dublin. It's on a mile-marker which has been moved to there from it's original location, (probably near Man o' War).

Below: A 'mark at Ardgillan Demesne.

 

Above: At the entrance to Ardgillan Castle with the mark on the top of the mile-marker pillar at right.