What is recorded here

A sandstone effigy of a cloaked female figure lies in the church of Cloonclare, her head lost but her pillow still visible. Carved in the late 16th or early 17th century, she may have been a child or one part of a larger memorial now broken. She rests without a face, yet the shape of her body and the fold of her garment remain clear enough to imagine the life that once moved them.

A sandstone image carved three quarters in the round (L 0.76m; Wth 0.3m; H 0.18m) is in the church of Cloonclare (LE011-019001-) and represents a female figure in repose. The head is missing, although the pillow on which it rested survives. It is wearing a cloak and the ruff at the neck indicates a late 16th or early 17th century date. It may represent a child, or be one figure from a larger memorial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 April, 2016

Effigial tomb, medieval period. The carved sandstone female figure indicates a local tradition of memorial effigies, suggesting possible ecclesiastical or aristocratic burial customs in the area.

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