What is recorded here
There is a graveslab commemorating Ua Mailchanig (Fitzgerald 1910-12a; MacAlister 1945, vol. 2, 17, No. 553) in the N transept of the Cistercian monastery (RO006-068005-) (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 50-1).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Medieval Christian graveslab; 12th to 13th century. It is significant as a rare surviving memorial within a Cistercian monastery, reflecting early Irish monastic burial practices and the presence of the Ua Mailchanig family.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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