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Extract from the Raphoe Travel Guides:
The small town of
RAPHOE
is set trimly around one of the largest diamonds in the county. Its erstwhile importance as an ecclesiastical centre is still indicated today by its inclusion in the Church of Ireland Bishopric of Derry and Raphoe, though it was once a see in its own right. The town has had its own
cathedral
, dedicated to St Eunan, since the ninth century, but the present plain Gothic cathedral church dates merely from 1702. Transfixed in the inner wall is a stone block with some peculiar and indecipherable carvings and there's a very impressive and resonant wooden baptismal chapel. The former Bishop's Palac...
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