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Dawn at Our Lady’s Well, Athenry at 5 a.m. on 6th June 2006

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Our Lady's Well

August 19, 2016
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Some scenes of the stillness of a glorious 2006 Summer dawn at Our Lady’s Well

Photos: Gerry Ahern

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The Millennium Sculpture of Our Lady meeting a soldier fleeing after the First Battle of athenry in 1249

The peaceful scene of the Grotto on the left and the Well on the right.

Foreground is the Grotto with the 1932 Eucharistic Cross and Well in the distance.

A chorus of bird song greeted the new day

Close-up photo of Our Lady’s Grotto

The 1932 Eucharistic Cross

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