Cross-slab in Cill Éinne

This inscribed cross-slab (H 0.52m; Wth 0.35m) is built into the S side of the modern altar at the E end of Teaghlach Éinne (GA119-020001-). It bears a simple Latin cross with expanded triangular terminals. An inscription, running clockwise from top left across the four cantons of the cross, reads as follows: BEN(DACHT) DIE F(OR) AN(IM) S(AN)C(T)AN (Mac Néill 1938, 143-4). (Manning 1985, 116-17, Fig. 33(b) Slab E; Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 288, no. 19) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 5 February 2016

Dated to the early medieval period, likely between the 8th and 11th centuries, the cross-slab may have served a Christian commemorative or liturgical function. Its placement near a historic family site suggests a connection to local ecclesiastical or aristocratic tradition.