What is recorded here

A large twelfth-century cross-slab lies recumbent in the western half of the Saint’s graveyard on Inis Cealtra, its carved surface slightly delaminated but still bearing a Latin cross with hollowed angles. The shaft carries the complete prayer “a prayer for Domnall the priest,” naming the man who likely stood beside this stone before he died. Domnall may have been a local priest, a travelling cleric, or a man remembered only by the community that buried him, yet his name survived the wearing of centuries because someone cut it into rock with care.

A recumbent cross-slab situated in the W half of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (22.6m from the S wall and 3.6m from the W wall). Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 156, no. 60) as of ‘twelfth-century type’. Described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 78-80) as a large cross-slab (H 1.27m; Wth 0.51m; T 0.8m) with some delamination of the carved surface. The face is dressed and incised with an outline Latin cross with hollowed angles and a rectangular base, open at the bottom, with a faint line separating the shaft from the base. An complete inscription in one vertical line down the shaft of the cross reads ‘ORDOMNALL[-]ACART’ (oróit do Domnall [s]acart, ‘a prayer for Domnall the priest’. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 October 2015

A recumbent cross-slab dating likely to the 12th century, associated with a medieval Christian burial site on Inishcaltra (Holy Island). Such slabs often marked the graves of important figures and may have had both religious and commemorative significance.

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