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
- 53.29299, -7.74354
- SMR number
- OF015-004018-
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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 mounted on the W face of the E wall of Lemanaghan church (OF015-004003-) located off centre to the N. Described by Crawford (1911, 152) as a ‘stone 26 inches (0.66m) by 20 inches (0.5m) by 4 inches (0.1m) thick, similar to the last, but having the unusual feature of a ringed Latin cross incised in a circle. There seems to be no other example of this combination. The sectors of the ring are hollowed, and the intersection of the cross is 1½ inches (0.03m) above the centre of the surrounding circle, which is 16 inches (0.4m) in diameter. This, like the last-mentioned, is placed on a grave west of the church’.
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Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 24 April 2014
References
Crawford, H.S. 1911 The early slabs at Lemanaghan, King's County. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 41, 151-6.
Ó Riain, P. 2011 A dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.