Graveslab in Donaghmore

Donaghmore church (TS077-027001-) was dedicated to St. Farannan who exiled himself to the Continent and died at Valcoidon, renamed Waser on the Meuse in 982 (Burke 1896, 24; Harbison 1970, 226). In the graveyard (TS077-027004-) there is a slightly tapered sandstone graveslab (L 1m; top Wth 0.44m; base Wth 0.42m; T 0.12m) with chamfered edges which is set upright in concrete. The upper portion of the slab is decorated with an equal-armed cross with bifid terminal, in relief, within a sunken circular area. On either side of the cross shaft there is a plain rectangular panel with bifid top (Maher 1997, 55-6). Based on comparitive sylistic evidence Maher (ibid. 25) suggests a 13th/14th-century date for this graveslab. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011