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  0001778101
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000849395
  CRH PUBLIC LTD CO
  001-32846
  STONEMASON'S WAY, RATHFARNHAM
  DUBLIN 16
  L2
  D16 KH51
  353-1 404 1000
  Manifold Albert Jude
  Affiliate of the Issuer
  Ordinary Shares of Euro 0.32 each
  Goodbody Stockbrokers
  No. 2 Ballsbridge Park
  Ballsbridge
  Dublin 4
  L2
  D04 YW83
  7000
  710500
  676475037
  02/28/2025
  NYSE
  Ordinary Shares of Euro 0.32 each
  03/08/2017
  Purchase of Securities via Share Participation Scheme
  CRH public limited company
  N
  381
  03/08/2017
  Purchased and paid for at time
  Ordinary Shares of Euro 0.32 each
  03/08/2018
  Purchase of Securities via Share Participation Scheme
  CRH public limited company
  N
  466
  03/08/2018
  Purchased and paid for at time
  Ordinary Shares of Euro 0.32 each
  03/07/2019
  Purchase of Securities via Share Participation Scheme
  CRH public limited company
  N
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  03/07/2019
  Purchased and paid for at time
  Ordinary Shares of Euro 0.32 each
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  Purchase of Securities via Share Participation Scheme
  CRH public limited company
  N
  396
  03/03/2020
  Purchased and paid for at time
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  Vesting of Performance based equity award
  CRH public limited company
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  Services rendered
  Y
  02/28/2025
  /s/Neil Colgan,as Attorney-in-Fact for Albert Jude Manifold