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Trace local banished from Ireland for example (5)

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relic

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(Other definitions for relic that I've seen before include "Surviving artefact" , "Heirloom" , "Object from antiquity" , "Hangover from an earlier time" , "church treasure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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