Inscribed stone in Inishmurray

This broken slab was found in the 19th-century during grave-digging in the graveyard (SL001-002007-). It is now located in Templenaman church (SL001-002001-). About one quarter of the inscribed face of this slab (H: 0.825 m, W: 0.25 m, Th: 0.1 m) has been broken off. The surviving incription reads: AILAD OCUS AR MAELBRIG ORORC OCUS AR EILEISE. Translation: ‘name + ending -ailad and for maelbrig[te] …//…ororc and for eileise'. This is a National Monument (no. 117) in state ownership. The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in: Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press. Date of upload: 16 January 2018

Dated to the early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), the inscription is likely a memorial or ogham gravestone, used to mark a burial or commemorate an individual. Such stones are commonly associated with early Irish Christian sites and may reflect local Gaelic naming traditions.