The Market Cross

The Market Cross stands in County Meath, a memorial marked only by its name and region. That vacancy is not a failure; it is an invitation to remember how little is needed before a place becomes alive. A cross at a market suggests trade, meeting and witness. It may have marked a square where people argued, prayed or sold butter. It may have stood when the town was younger and smaller. The absence of a date does not weaken it. It removes the chance of mistaking memory for fact. What is known is that it is a cross, it is in County Meath, and it is remembered as a memorial. The rest belongs to the people who stand beside it.