What is recorded here

Unknown Townland in County Dublin, Ireland, and a cross-slab from an early church at Ballinaboy, Co. Roscommon, both belong to the same forgotten church system. The slab left its field, entered a museum, and stopped being a local marker. It became a museum object, preserving the shape of a faith that no longer needs naming.

A cross-slab (RO040-014002-) from an early church at Ballinaboy, Co. Roscommon is housed in the National Museum.

This cross-slab, originally from an early Christian site at Ballinaboy, likely dates to the 8th to 10th century and would have been used as a high cross in a monastic or ecclesiastical setting. Its carved decoration and Christian iconography reflect the spread of Christianity in early medieval Ireland.

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