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| Headstone/ Laracor Graveyard Co. Meath. |
Willie G. Hodgins of The Meath Writers' Circle was on hand to do the honours yesterday at the annual wreath laying ceremony at the grave of F.R.Higgins in Laracor. This is part of the Scurlogstown Olympiad group and every year as part of the stop off during the High Nellie cycle tour a visit is paid to the grave. F.R.Higgins is one of Meath's best known poets and writers and died in 1941 when some of Ireland's best known literary and political figures were in attendance at the funeral. So if you happen to be passing on your travels, a visit is a must see. Also the old parish church of none other than the great Jonathan Swift of Gulliver's Travels and other pieces. Also not too far up the road is the ancestral home of the old Iron Duke himself and close connections to James Clarence Mangan locally as well. And I could go on there is no end. More history than most countries.
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