What is recorded here

Half a metre of worn stone, Eudus Mael Oinae still named beneath a broken cross. The arms have snapped and the stem has gone, leaving a ring and rectangular ends to mark the edge of a life lived at Clonmacnoise. Rain and time have rubbed the name shallow, but the chisel work remains clear enough to read when the light lies flat across the grass.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00265 Dimensions: H 0.57, W 0.54, T 0.041 An outline ring cross with circular centre and rectangular arm ends. Inscription: 'EUDUS MAEL OINAE'. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905. Condition: Very worn. Cross arms damaged and stem broken off. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-136, 252, 879 Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 119, Fig 14, no. 4. 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

9th- to 10th-century AD; the cross-slab likely marks a Christian burial, with the inscription indicating it commemorates someone named Eudus, son or descendant of Mael Oina. Such stones are common in early Irish monastic sites like Clonmacnoise, often associated with high-status individuals.

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