What is recorded here

Killahane holds two carved stone heads, one a mitred bishop and the other wearing an old fashioned wig, now tucked inside a garage beside the presbytery. They likely stood above a door and window in Firies Church, watching entry and light for generations before being pulled down and hidden from plain view. Even in a garage, their faces still point upward, remembering the building that once framed them.

Two stone heads located in the garage beside the presbytery to the S of Firies Church. Stone head described by McDonnell (1965, 190) as a carved head of mitred bishop. According to O'Donovan (OSL, 1841, 200), the bishop's head occurred over the door arch (Stone no. 2), he also noted 'another head with an old fashioned wig' (Stone no. 1 KE048-028001-) over window in S wall. This carving is on a limestone block (H 31cm; 52cm x 28cm = the width of the carved head no. 2). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 May 2022

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