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A monastery at Lemanaghan (Liath Manchán) was founded in the 7th century by Manchán whose feastday is celebrated on the 24th of January (Ó Riain 2011, 429). Early Christian cross-slab mounted on the W face of the E wall of Lemanaghan church (OF015-004003-) located off centre to the N. Described by Crawford (1911, 152) as a ‘stone 26 inches (0.66m) by 20 inches (0.5m) by 4 inches (0.1m) thick, similar to the last, but having the unusual feature of a ringed Latin cross incised in a circle. There seems to be no other example of this combination. The sectors of the ring are hollowed, and the intersection of the cross is 1½ inches (0.03m) above the centre of the surrounding circle, which is 16 inches (0.4m) in diameter. This, like the last-mentioned, is placed on a grave west of the church’.
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Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 24 April 2014
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