Cross in Bartragh Island, County Mayo

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

On Bartragh Island, in Killala Bay. The 1838 OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, 154) refer to an unsuccessful attempt to find a cross, which according to Tirechan's Life of Saint Patrick, was erected by St. Patrick in Bertrigia (Bartragh) 'as a sign (in signaculum) of the Cross of Christ...’. There is no trace of this possible cross on the island.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA022-107001

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