What is recorded here

A broken table tomb from 1690 still occupies Staholmog, its fragments scattered across the old graveyard and one panel mounted on the modern cemetery wall. The visible stone carries a naked male figure in the orans pose, arms outstretched as if begging life or heaven for mercy. The lost family behind the coat of arms has faded, but the carved man remains exposed, urgent and unchanged beneath the Irish sky.

From King (1987, 302) Tomb-chest? c. 1690. Four fragments of a table tomb lie scattered around the older part of staholmock graveyard and a fifth is mounted on the north wall of the modern cemetery. This latter shows a male figure, naked except for a loin cloth, in the ‘orans’ position (Roe 1970, 213; Ní Shúilliobháin 1970, 222). Three other pieces are the remains of a panel with an elaborated achievement of arms, (Fleming impaling ?Cross or Chetwode), and the remaining piece is a support for a table tomb. The two decorated pieces probably formed the end panels of the tomb. Dimensions: H 0.62m; Wth 0.66m. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 22 May, 2014 Amended: 7 August, 2014

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