What is recorded here
Lying in the choir of the cathedral (TS061-025003-) on the Rock of Cashel. The lower portion of a tapering limestone slab with straight edge. Decorated with a raised cross, only the lower portion of the cross-haft and pillar-form base survive. The inscription in Roman capitals is within a border margin and has been transcribed by Fitzgerald (1903, 442) as:- .... .MEAGHER.ALIAS./ COMYNE./ FECERVNT.FIERI. ....'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 5 October 2018
Early Christian gravestone; 7th–9th century. Significantly decorated with a raised cross, reflecting the spread of Christianity in medieval Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Cormac's ChapelHeritage attraction · 22 yd
Wall monument in St. PatricksrockWall monument · 28 yd
The CathedralRuins · 29 yd
Cloigtheach (Round Tower)Round tower · 31 yd
Rock of CashelHeritage attraction · 47 yd
The Rock Of CashelVisitor information · 61 yd
Black mulberryBlack mulberry · 294 yd
Ballyknock HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Castle in RuinsHouse, fortified house · 1.9 mi
Site of CastleCastle, unclassified · 2.0 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 4.9 mi