Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Bartragh Island, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bartragh Island
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- MA022-107001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
On Bartragh Island, in Killala Bay. The 1838 OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, 154) refer to an unsuccessful attempt to find a cross, which according to Tirechan's Life of Saint Patrick, was erected by St. Patrick in Bertrigia (Bartragh) 'as a sign (in signaculum) of the Cross of Christ...’. There is no trace of this possible cross on the island.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 8 May 2019
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