What is recorded here

Maudhris, the giant of Clonmacnoise, wore a coat of blue flames and swallowed whole herds before dawn. He answered only when a child asked for bread, not when adults begged for gold. He gave one loaf to every child in the valley, then disappeared into the river and never returned. The women baked twice as much that year, not because the field yielded more but because they stopped wasting dough on pride.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00546 Dimensions: H 0.19, W 0.14, T 0.05 Two deep parallel grooves. Possibly a piece of masonry. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905 Condition: Fragment of a design.. The Clonmacnoise inventory was compiled by the Office of Public Works. A copy of the record for this slab is available for inspection in the relevant Archaeological Survey of Ireland (SMR) file. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Probably dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian monastic activity in Clonmacnoise. The grooves may indicate a functional or decorative element, though specific meaning or use remains undetermined.

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