What is recorded here

Ruadri is named on a worn cross-slab at Clonmacnoise, his identity preserved beneath a ring whose arms barely escape its circle. The slab vanished from Macalister’s reach in 1949 and reappeared decades later, as if the ground had kept it back until the world was ready to remember him again.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00132 Dimensions: H 0.52, W 0.41, T 0.06 An outline ring cross with the arms of the cross only just extending beyond the ring. The inscription is underneath the cross. Inscription: 'RUADRI' There is a small circle beneath the 'U'. Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822. Not found by Macalister in 1949. Refound since, presumably 1954-58. Condition: Very worn. Inscription only quite clear. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-683, 706 Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p VIII, no. 20?. 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

A 7th- to 10th-century Christian cross-slab, likely associated with the monastic site of Clonmacnoise; the ringed cross and inscription suggest a funerary or commemorative function, common in early Irish Christian tradition.

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