What is recorded here

A small limestone plaque in Athy carries a bent crucifixion figure from the 16th or 17th century, its arms stretched upward on a Latin cross. It stood as a gravemarker at St. Michael’s parish church before moving into the Athy Heritage Centre and Museum in Emily Square. The false relief is tiny, barely larger than a bread loaf, yet the suffering is immediate because the head drops onto one shoulder like a person exhausted by grief.

The slab was used as a gravemarker in the graveyard (KD035-022015-) at St. Michael’s parish church (KD035-022-014-) but is now housed in the Athy Heritage Centre and Museum in Emily Square. A small rectangular piece of limestone (L 0.28m; Wth 0.22m; T 0.055m) carries the crucifixion in false relief; the figure nailed to a Latin cross with splayed arms. The head is bent on to the right shoulder, the arms are stretched upwards and the figure is wearing an elaborate perizonium. Dates to the 16th/17th-century. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 1, 53). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 11 December 2013

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