What is recorded here

Eochaill on Inis Oirr holds a broken cross-slab inside a children’s burial ground, its small Latin cross losing one arm to the same fracture that split the stone. The surviving right arm forks at its end, the shaft base forks likewise, and a tiny circle crowns the top like a remembered light. Children’s graves cluster around it, suggesting the cross marked more than a boundary: it marked the departed themselves.

Located within a children’s burial ground (GA111-003001-), at the broken cross-inscribed pillar (GA111-003002-). This cross-slab (H 0.3m; Wth 0.28m; T 0.12m), also broken, bears a single-line Latin cross with bifurcating terminals on the complete right arm and at the base of the shaft. The left arm is incomplete due to the break in the slab. The top of the cross ends in a small circle. (Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 407, no. 124) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 April 2016

This cross-slab likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian burial practices. Its placement within a children’s burial ground suggests a ritual or commemorative function, possibly linked to local Christian traditions or memorials.

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