What is recorded here

A carved cleric’s head with biretta in limestone projects from a large stone block at the Burren Centre, Kilfenora, having been taken from Killilagh graveyard. Étienne Rynne published its details in 1976 and helped try to bring it back to Clare after it was stolen. The fragment may have marked a chapel door, a tomb or a boundary now forgotten, but its sharp features still watch the room where it was carried.

Not listed in the SMR (1992) or the RMP (1995). This record is for a stone corbel with carved head at the Burren Centre, Kilfenora, originally from Killilagh graveyard (CL008-063002-). It was published in detail by Étienne Rynne (1976, 76-8) who, among others, endeavoured to have the stone returned to Clare having been stolen. He describes it as a full cleric’s head with biretta, in limestone, projecting from a large stone block. (Rynne 1976, 76-8) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 26 August 2014

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