Sarsfieldstown Cross
{{Short description|National monument in County Meath, Ireland}}
File:Barnewall Cross Sarsfieldstown.jpg
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Irish English|date=November 2019}}
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| location = Sarsfieldstown, Julianstown
County Meath, Ireland
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| type = Wayside cross
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Sarsfieldstown Cross is a wayside cross and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland.
Location
Sarsfieldstown Cross is located {{Convert|3|km|mi}} southwest of Laytown.
Description
Sarsfieldstown Cross is a late 16th-century memorial cross erected to remember Christopher Barnewall (1522–1575). The cross remains as a fragment of a shaft with figure sculpture in false relief and inscription.{{Cite web|url=http://www.meathheritage.com/index.php/archives/item/me01286-sarsfieldstown-cross-wayside-cross|title = ME01286 - SARSFIELDSTOWN - Cross - Wayside cross|date = 6 December 2012}} The inscription in Latin around the base reads: "Archbishop Octavian, Primate of all Ireland, has granted an indulgence in perpetuity, to every penitent, as often as they shall devoutly say an Our Father, and a Hail Mary, for the souls of Christopher Barnewall; Kt, and Elizabeth Plunket, and all the faithful departed."{{Cite web|url=http://www.geograph.ie/photo/619491|title = Geograph:: Wayside cross, Sarsfieldstown, Co. Meath © Kieran Campbell}}