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Freestanding Celtic cross memorial monument, erected c. 1915, commemorating Rev. James Gannon, parish priest of the Parish of Aughnish. Comprises tapered carved limestone high cross with Celtic interlacing in relief motifs to head and shaft, bosses with mainly cross motifs to arms of cross, panel to base with chalice and grapes motifs, rope ornament to corners of shaft and to arms of cross, and with pitched gabled ‘roof’ over with ‘slate’ or ‘fishscale’ decoration. Cross set on tapering pedestal with incised inscription reading 'Grate pro anima Rev. D. Jacobi G. Gannon parochi de Aughnish qui Quinquaginta annos natus [de?] 22 Aprilus 1915 piisime. In Domino obit cujus in memoriam uti religionis advocati indeficientis et patriae amatoris defensoresque impavidi. Hoc momentum moerns possuit fraternitas antiqua hibernorum (A.O.H.) in comitatu Donegalensi coadunata. Resquiescat in pace.' Pedestal set on stepped limestone plinth (on square-plan) having pedestal over with semi-circular motifs in relief. Set in rectangular enclosure bounded by cut limestone plinth wall with piers to corners and to centre of long axis (east and west) with pyramidal heads. Set within the grounds of St. Mary’s Catholic church to the south-west of the centre of Ramelton. Priest's grave adjacent to the south having Celtic cross memorial over.
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