What is recorded here

Templemoyle medieval church and Sheela-na-gig (present location) in Shoodaun, County Galway, Ireland. In the entrance porch of the Catholic church at Newcaslte. It consists of a damaged corbel on teh under-surface of which is a weathered carving of a Sheela-na-gig. The original location of this corbel is unknown though it is likely to have been of local provenance. In that regard, it has been suggested (Mannion 2008, 18) that it may have been associated with Templemoyle medieval church (GA084-

In the entrance porch of the Catholic church at Newcaslte. It consists of a damaged corbel on teh under-surface of which is a weathered carving of a Sheela-na-gig. The original location of this corbel is unknown though it is likely to have been of local provenance. In that regard, it has been suggested (Mannion 2008, 18) that it may have been associated with Templemoyle medieval church (GA084-127002-). See attached screenshots of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6qPxA J. Mannion, 'Tech Saxan. An Anglo-Saxon monastic settlement in early medieval east Galway.' Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 60(2008), 17-18, Pl. 3. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 December 2011

A medieval carving associated with fertility and childbirth, likely reused in the church structure; its original ritual or symbolic context in a prehistoric or early Christian setting remains uncertain.

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