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Cross-slab in Lemanaghan

Cross-slab

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A monastery at Lemanaghan (Liath Manchán) was founded in the 7th century by Manchán whose feastday is celebrated on the 24th of January (Ó Riain 2011, 429). Early Christian cross-inscribed slab currently located inside the disused Lemanaghan schoolhouse. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2014
Early Christian cross-slab, likely dating to the 7th to 9th century, associated with the monastery founded by St Manchán. Such slabs often served as grave markers or commemorative monuments and may have had both Christian and local symbolic significance.

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