Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed slab
Lynally Glebe, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lynally Glebe
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26508, -7.55601
- SMR number
- OF016-031012-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Monastery founded here in the 6th century by Colmán Eala who died in 611 (Ó Riain 2011, 203; Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 41). A decorated slab (dims. 0.56m x 0.2m x 0.13m) was found along with an early Christian cross-slab (OF016-031004-) now in the National Museum (NMI Reg No. L 1935:4; NMI Habitat Q 28:2 ) was found in a wheatfield near earthwork near lynally church and graveyard by local landowner, Mr Thomas Mooney. Macalister recorded the follwing inscription OR | ARA[...] | AINCA[-- that can be expanded to OROIT AR A[NM]AIN CA[--] which translates as A Prayer for the soul of Ca[--].
Macalister, R. 1949, 70, Plate XVI drawing concise discussion
Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of revised upload: 8 June 2015
References
Ó Riain, P. 2011 A dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.