What is recorded here

St. Deriblas Grave is a narrow upright stone bearing an incised Latin cross, set inside a small walled plot beside the church dedicated to St. Deirbhile in County Mayo. Tradition holds that it marks her burial place, while the adjacent graveyard and church suggest a long continuum of prayer around one remembered body. The stone still stands where local memory first placed her, inviting visitors to imagine the women and men who walked past it through centuries of rain and ritual.

Located within a small walled rectangular plot or shrine (MA033-001003-) immediately to N of a church (MA033-001001-) in the NE quadrant of a graveyard (MA033-001002-). Indicated as ‘St Dervla’s Grave’ on the 1838 and 1921 OS 6-inch maps. According to tradition this cross-inscribed stone marks the grave of St. Deirbhile, to whom the adjacent church is dedicated. It consists of a narrow, upright rectangular stone (H 0.72m; Wth 0.3m; T 0.2m) with an incised Latin cross on its E face. The horizontal and vertical arms of the cross have T-terminals. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 19 June 2018

Probably associated with early Christian tradition, likely dating to the 7th–10th century. The site may mark a holy well or burial place linked to St. Deriblas (or Dervla), a female saint venerated in parts of Ireland and Scotland, often connected with healing or fertility folklore.

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