Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Lemanaghan, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lemanaghan
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29340, -7.74426
- SMR number
- OF015-004016-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A monastery at Lemanaghan (Liath Manchán) was founded in the 7th century by Manchán whose feastday is celebrated on the 24th of January (Ó Riain 2011, 429). Early Christian cross-slab currently located inside the disused Lemanaghan schoolhouse. Recorded by Petrie in 1872 as `This stone was found in the churchyard of Lemanaghan, in the Clonmacnois district. Drawn by Miss Boxwell from a rubbing made of the stone by the Rev. James Graves and Mr. William M. Hennessy, in the year 1869' (Petrie and Stokes 1872, 18). Described by Crawford (1913, 264) as 'a slab about 3ft. 3in. (1m) by 2ft. (0.6m), incised with a double-lined ringed cross and the name Clonlarat, which reads down the sinister side'. According to Crawford this slab was missing from Lemanaghan at that time. Macalister (1949, 77) recorded that this cross-slab 'was decorated with a wheel-cross bore an inscription which reads CONLARAT'. See attached image of slab taken from Petrie and Stokes 1872.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 24 April 2014
References
Petrie, G. and Stokes, M. (ed.) 1872 Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Vol. 1. Dublin. Royal Historical and Archaeological Association.
Ó Riain, P. 2011 A dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1949 Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Crawford, H.S. 1913 A descriptive list of early cross-slabs and pillars. (cont.) Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 43, 151-69, 261-5, 326-34.
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.