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The old artillery barracks is the location of thie one in Clonmel from M.C. It's on Dillon Street.

Below: A 'mark on Dillon Street in Clonmel.

 

 Above: Looking south on Dillon Street with the 'mark at left.

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Another one in Clonmel from M.C. that is not on the map. This one is on Emmet Street.

Below: A 'mark on Emmet Street in Clonmel.

 

Above: A view of Emmet Street with the 'mark at left.

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This one in Clonmel from M.C. is on Davis Road. It's not on the map so more exact details are not available.

Below: A 'mark on Davis Road in Clonmel.

Above: A view of Davis Road with the 'mark at left on top of the pillar.

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This one from Clonmel from M.C. is on Davis Street on the entrance arch to the old Infantry Barracks.

Below: A 'mark on Davis Street in Clonmel, County Tipperary.

 

Above: Looking west on Davis Street with the 'mark near the bottom of the arch pillar at left.

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This one from M.C. in Carrick-on-Suir is on the east side of Dillon Bridge where it meets The Quay.

Below: A 'mark on Dillon Bridge in Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary.

 

Above: Looking west on The Quay with the 'mark two blocks up and on the right of the buttress. It's rather difficult to decipher.

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This one from M.C. is again in Carrick-on-Suir. It's on the north end of The Quay on a wall that seperates from Barrack Lane.

Below: A 'mark on The Quay in Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary.

 

Above: Looking west on The Quay with the 'mark on the wall just to the right of the direction sign post.

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Yet another from the South East from M.C. and yet again in Carrick-on-Suir. It's on the east side of Pill Road on a railway bridge.

Below: A 'mark on Pill Road, on the railway bridge there, in Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary.

 

Above: Looking South East at the railway bridge on Pill Road with the 'mark at near bottom left on the bridge wall.

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Another from the South East from M.C. and again in Carrick-on-Suir. It's right on the corner of the last building on the North East of New Street.

Below: A 'mark on New Street in Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary.

  

Above: Looking South East into New Street with the 'mark at the bottom of the corner facing.

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On his travels - sometimes solo; sometimes not - in the far distant South East, M.C. recorded a good few, mainly in Carrick-on-Suir. The first one up is on the Court House there.

Below: A 'mark on the Court House in Carrick-on-Suir. You have to love those daisies.

 

 Above: A view of the front of the Court House with the 'mark on the corner at bottom left.

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This one is on a gate pillar at the Convent of Mercy on Main Street in Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary.

Below: A 'mark on Main Street in Carrick-on-Suir.

 

 Above: On Main Street in Carrick-on-Suir and looking east and with the 'mark at bottom right.

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A 'mark on a bridge over the Clodiagh River in the townland of Graigavalla in County Tipperary.

Below: A 'mark on a bridge in Graigavalla in County Tipperary.

 

Above: Looking south on the bridge in Graigavalla with the President looking approvingly at the 'mark thereon, at bottom right.

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This one is on the eastern wall of a bridge over a tributary of the Clodiagh River in the townland of Ballycullane in County Tipperary.

Below: A 'mark on a bridge in Ballycullane in County Tipperary.

 

 Above: Looking south west on the bridge in Ballycullane with the 'mark at left about halfway up the wall.

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Optimism triumphed over experience again recently when M.C. suggested that it might be a rather jolly jape if a few of us got together to visit a former colleague now domiciled up in the foothills of the Comeragh Mountains. There were four in the car for the journey; to wit, M.C. at the wheel, yours truly, Stamp Tony Byrne and the President (No, not that one, not Michael Dee. But it's a bit long to explain.) The vehicle had barely wheeled onto the Naas Road when M.C. announced that as well as appraising the décor of one or two of the public houses of County Tipperary, some time would be set aside for benchmark hunting. This drew from one of the passengers the response “Shur benchmarks are nothing more than chisel scratches on auld stones!” (The author of this remark of such outrageous sociopathic disassociation will remain anonymous - but let's just say it wasn't Tony.) The result was that the rest of the afternoon, evening and night, passed in a state of ill concealed fractious tension. Nevertheless a number of chisel scratches on auld stones were recorded with the first of them on O'Connell Street in Clonmel in County Tipperary.

Below: A 'mark on the south side of O'Connell at it's junction with Bridge Street in Clonmel, County Tipperary.
 

 Above: Looking west on O'Connell Street with the 'mark at bottom left behind the utility box.