What is recorded here

Seven white arms spread across grey stone, waiting for the dead to name them. The slab has stood in Kilshannig since at least 1860, perhaps carried from Mourne Abbey, its empty shields still proud enough to be remembered.

Built into W wall of Kilshannig graveyard (CO032-107002-) is a 16th-century graveslab said to have come from Mourne Abbey (see 9550) but has been here since at least 1860 (Brady ibid., 290); design consists of seven-armed ringed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals; shaft, banded at base of cross-head, flanked by two plain square raised panels, probably intended for heraldic shields; below this, leafy frond springs from sinister side of cross shaft; raised border occurs along three surviving edges of slab (see Maher 1994). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

16th-century Christian graveslab, likely of monastic origin, associated with Mourne Abbey; its relocation to Kilshannig graveyard reflects historical practices of reusing ecclesiastical monuments.

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