What is recorded here

Morgan and Rose Farrell built the cross in Moydow Glebe during seventh month 1640, embedding their names and a prayer for Tirlag inside stone. Time stripped away the vertical shaft and left only a small square collar, yet the concrete replacement rising through it acknowledges the sacrifice rather than erasing it. The chambered panels still catch light, proving that love and loss can be carved into landscapes before forgetting them.

Within the S sector of the graveyard (LF019-030001-), to the S of the church (C of I). All that survives of this 17th-century cross is its limestone collar (H 0.2m; Wth 0.26m; D 0.25), which has been set into a concrete plinth with a modern concrete cross rising from the top of it. The collar is square in section and has three panels on each face. The upper and lower panels are chamfered while the central one is flat. The inscription which is carved in false relief in Roman English capitals runs around all four faces and reads: THIS CR[O]SS WAS/ BVILT BY/ MORGAN/ & ROSE/ FARRELL/PRAY FOR TIRLAG/H [M?][V?][H?][N?][V/]&/[?][?][?]MON/ THE 18/OF7EMBER/1640. (Baxter 1999, 74, 80, no. 104a; Lennon 2006) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 June 2013

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