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, -7.74395
- SMR number
- OF015-004034-
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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). Fragment of an early Christian sandstone cross-slab with rounded edge bearing the lower part or base of a cross carved in false relief with what appears to be a stepped base. Recovered from Lemanaghan by Con Manning and now housed in the National Museum of Ireland.
Cross reference with DU018-467----
See attached photograph courtesy of Ed Bourke
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 29 March 2023
References
Ó Riain, P. 2011 A dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Decorated stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.