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Killeen Church
53.5361° N, -6.5947° E
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Killeen Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Meath, Ireland.
Paleolithic
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Iron Age
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Industrial Period
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Early church presence
7th–9th centuries
Ecclesiastical taxation record (Pope Nicholas IV)
1302–06
Fifteenth-century tomb identified
15th century
Construction of the standing church
Early 15th century
Marriage of Sir Christopher Plunkett and Joan de Cusack
1403
Chantry foundation in the parish church
1431
Deputy appointment of Sir Christopher Plunkett
1432
End of Fingall family custodianship
1953
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Churches
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