What is recorded here

Inishcaltra remains a place of edge rather than distance, where a small island becomes an arena for memory, desire and transformation. Beanncha do na daoine a d’eag laistiar as Inis Caltra, but do na daoine a d’imigh uirthi, go ndeinimh, do na daoine a d’imigh uirthi, go deo.

Mounted on the S wall of the nave of St. Caimin’s church (CL029-009011-) and 2.44m from the E end. A sandstone slab (H 0.39m; Wth 0.53m; T 0.05m) noted by Macalister (1916-17, 152, no. 27) as 'of eighth-century type' and described as ‘a stone bearing a Greek cross in a square. There are small square expansions in the centres and at the ends of the arms. In the cantons are key-patterns of simple type, except in one where there is an interlacement derived from four triquetras.’ One horizontal line of text I half-uncial script (now much deteriorated) is incised outside and to the right of the frame, just below the arm of the cross and it reads ‘DERM-’ followed by two or three more letters and is likely a form of the name ‘Dermait’. This stone was first recorded in 1880 when it was in the graveyard but not in situ. (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 97-9) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 October 2015

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