What is recorded here

Lemanaghan is named for a 7th-century monastery founded by Manchán, whose feastday falls on January 24th. A cross-inscribed slab from that early Christian community still survives, though it now sits inside a disused schoolhouse rather than a church. The building has changed hands and purposes, but the stone remains as a quiet witness to the place’s oldest layer.

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

Likely dating to the early Christian period (7th–9th century), the cross-slab is associated with the monastery founded by St Manchán and may have served as a liturgical or commemorative monument. Such slabs often combined Christian iconography with local traditions, reflecting the spiritual and cultural life of the community.

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