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This record refers to the present location of an inscribed stone which was first recorded by Wakeman (1893, 85, fig. 41) on the altar (SL001-001007-) of Teach Molaise (SL001-001005-) in the Cashel (SL001-001001-) on Inishmurray Island, Co. Sligo. It was removed to the National Museum of Ireland in 1971 (National Museum Register No 1971: 1118). It is recorded at its original location on under the number: SL001-001045-
Inscribed thin flat stone or flag (H: 0.31 m, W: 0.21 m, Th: 0.065). Wakeman, and subsequently the National Museum of Ireland could not decipher this at first, but Heraughty (1982, 33) gives the inscription as:
ORAIR AR NEARACH:DO RIGHNE CRIX TALT PRO ANIMIS NOSTRIBUS
Heraughty’s transcription would translate as ‘Nerach who made [this] Cross [of] Talt, on behalf of our souls.'
The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in:
Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press.
Date of upload: 20 February 2018
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