Graveslab in Athy

Formerly in St. Michael’s parish church (KD035-022-014-) but now housed in the Athy Heritage Centre and Museum in Emily Square. The lower half of a tapering slab (L 1.07m; Wth 0.42-0.53m; T 0.16m) is decorated in false relief with the shaft of a cross terminating in a fleur-de-lys. Probably 13th-century in date. (Bradley et al. 1986a, vol. 1, 53). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 11 December 2013

Christian gravestone, early medieval period (probably 8th–10th century). The false relief decoration is characteristic of Irish early Christian art and indicates a local tradition of stone carving associated with monastic or parish church sites.