What is recorded here

Unknown Townland, County Dublin: a Sheela-na-gig carved in coarse feldspathic grit, possibly old red sandstone, with bulbous pecked eyes, pendulous breasts, splayed legs and hands grasping sagging pudenda from below. The figure also holds a raised oval object under one arm, like the Lavey, Co. Cavan example. It was discovered in the bed of River Cashen near Lixnaw castle and is now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.

Sheela-na gig currently located in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (Cherry 1992, 6). Discovered in bed of River Cashen near Lixnaw castle (KE015-060----). Described by Freitag as a figure ‘carved in relief on one face of roughly rectangular block of coarse feldspathic grit, possibly old red sandstone, and badly weathered. Large head with pointed chin (somewhat damaged); bulbous eyes outlined by pecked groove. Pendulous, clearly marked breasts; broad shoulders. Flexed arms pass behind widely splayed thighs with both hands grasping swollen-looking, sagging pudenda from below, small touch-hole underneath. Legs splayed and bent with feet turned outwards. Figure holds a raised oval object under left arm in similar position as Lavey, Co. Cavan’ (Freitag 2004, 137). Cross referenced with KE015-0127----. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 06 June 2012

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