What is recorded here

St Finan's church in Loughcurrane holds a cross-slab fragment recently attached to the inner face of the north wall, bearing a ringed head and part of a two-line cross. Along the right side of the shaft, a worn inscription still whispers OR DO T, a broken prayer for someone whose name time has taken. The slab is small enough to touch with both hands, yet it carries the weight of every voice that spoke that name before silence claimed it.

Recently attached to the inner face of the N wall of the nave of St Finan's church (KE098-039001-). A fragment (0.65m x 0.64m; T 0.075m) of a cross-slab bearing the ringed head and a portion of the shaft of a two-line outline cross. A portion of a worn inscription is visible along the right-hand side of the shaft. It has been read as 'OR DO T...' [pray for T...] (pers. comm. John Sheehan). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Date likely to the 8th–10th century AD, consistent with early Christian cross-slabs in Ireland. The ringed cross and two-line ornamentation suggest a ecclesiastical or commemorative function, possibly associated with the local monastic site of St Finan's.

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