Inscribed stone (present location)

The National Monuments Service's description

This record refers to the present location of an inscribed stone which was first recorded by Wakeman (1893, 85, fig. 41) on the altar (SL001-001007-) of Teach Molaise (SL001-001005-) in the Cashel (SL001-001001-) on Inishmurray Island, Co. Sligo. It was removed to the National Museum of Ireland in 1971 (National Museum Register No 1971: 1118). It is recorded at its original location on under the number: SL001-001045-

Inscribed thin flat stone or flag (H: 0.31 m, W: 0.21 m, Th: 0.065). Wakeman, and subsequently the National Museum of Ireland could not decipher this at first, but Heraughty (1982, 33) gives the inscription as:
ORAIR AR NEARACH:DO RIGHNE CRIX TALT PRO ANIMIS NOSTRIBUS
Heraughty’s transcription would translate as ‘Nerach who made [this] Cross [of] Talt, on behalf of our souls.'

The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in:

Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press.

Date of upload: 20 February 2018

References

O'Sullivan J. and Ó Carragáin T. 2008 Inishmurray: Monks and Pilgrims in an Atlantic Landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. The Collins Press. Cork.

Wakeman, W.F. 1893 Survey of the Antiquarian Remains on the Island of Inishmurray. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (special volume 1893. London.

Heraughty P. 1982 Inishmurray. Ancient monastic island. Dublin. (revised ed.)