What is recorded here

Colman’s name still leans across the vanished stem, caught in Petrie’s 1822 lines before the slab itself disappeared. He drew its angled ring, looped ends and spiral tricks while Clonmacnoise still gave up one sharp-edged gift at a time. Whatever hand cut COLMAN may have trusted stone to outlive memory; instead the drawing outlived the stone.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00191 Dimensions: Unknown. Hollow angled ring cross with looped and spiral terminals. Inscription: Inscribed across the upper part of the stem 'COLMAN' Evidence of discovery: Drawn by Petrie in 1822 Condition: Lost after 1822. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p II, no. 6. 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

Date likely to the 8th–10th century AD, based on the style of the hollow angled ring cross, a common feature of early Christian Ireland. The inscription of 'COLMAN' suggests a dedication to Saint Colman, a local or regional saint, indicating a Christian funerary or commemorative function.

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