What is recorded here

Killinny lost its sheela-na-gig twice: first removed from the old church, then demolished by the local parish priest. The church itself has vanished, leaving the figure without a place and the place without a marker. What remains is a warning about how quickly visibility can be destroyed, not preserved.

Unlocated sheela-na-gig within the townland of Killinny. According to Freitag (2004, 144) the ‘figure was removed from old church, and later demolished by local parish priest. Church no longer exists’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 June 2012

A Sheela-na-gig is typically associated with the medieval period in Ireland and Britain, often linked to fertility symbolism or ecclesiastical sites. The figure from Killinny was likely connected to a former church and may have had a ritual or symbolic function, though its specific meaning remains unclear.

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