What is recorded here

John Lye of Rathbride and his men dragged the cross from its hole and broke it into chips. They buried the chips under a new castle and told themselves the hole was empty. The castle stood for generations while the chips waited beneath its floors for someone to dig them out and remember what they had done.

According to O'Leary (1896-99, 135-38) there was a religious house (KD003-020----) dedicated to St. Fionntan, a 'burial place' (KD003-020001-) and a stone cross (KD003-02002--) in this area. He quotes from a 1608 Inquisition held at Naas that, '… John Lye of Rathbride, gent., being seized of divers lands in the said townland of Clonaugh, levelled the tenements, bounds, and limits of said religious house, threw down and destroyed the cross and trees and erected a tower, or small castle (KD003-017----), with other buildings.' A cross-base (KD004-001----) now in Johnstown is reputed to have come from here and O'Leary also identifies a cross (KD003-016001-) and possible burials (KD003-016002-) at Cadamstown, c. 1km to NW, as being connected with this religious house. The precise locations of the religious house, burial ground and cross are unknown but would appear to have been in the general vicinity of the castle (KD003-017----). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

The stone cross in Clonagh (Cadamstown ED) was likely erected in the early medieval period, associated with a religious house and burial ground dedicated to St. Fionntan. Its survival reflects the area's historical importance as a centre of Christian worship and commemoration.

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