What is recorded here

An inscribed limestone slab once stood in the Rosshill Abbey graveyard, bearing the name Maelbrendain in deeply cut letters. It has since moved to the church in An Fhairche, carrying a fragment of that older burial place into a new setting.

Originally located in the graveyard (GA027-034001-) surrounding 'Rosshill Abbey' (GA027-034----) and within an ecclesiastical enclosure (GA027-034002-) associated with St Brendan of Clonfert (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 402). Described by Higgins (1987, ii, 381, no. 101) as a limestone slab bearing the inscription OR DO MAELBRENDAIN. The letters are deeply cut by pocking and the inscription occupies only a small portion of the end of the slab. This slab has since been moved to the church (GA027-27----) in An Fhairche/Clonbur (field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/graveslabs/rosshill-cross-slab last accessed 10 January 2019); see GA027-027001- for present location. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 10 January 2019

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