Strade, Co. Mayo (MA070-067001)_ Pelican

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A tower, built of regularly coursed, dressed limestone blocks has an internal chamfered rib which rests on moulded corbels with pointed stops, embellished below with intricate carvings of birds: a pelican, pecking its breast, at N and In Christian tradition, the pelican, which was believed to feed its young with its own blood, is a metaphor of the Passion of Christ, the Eucharist and self-sacrifice, and is a common motif in Irish Gothic art. (McDermott 2009, 98-9) McDermott, Y. 2009 Strade Friary: Patronage and development at a medieval mendicant friary. Cathair na Mart 27, 92-108