Doonagh West - Sheela-na-Gig - MA121-1783D ModelNoAI
his record was listed in the SMR (1991) as ‘stone sculpture (present location)’ but at that time the location of the stone was unknown and it was not listed in the RMP (1997). It was first recorded in 1867 by Wilde as a carved stone figure which he believed depicted a child. Wilde noted that it was found at ‘Cill Arsa’ or Killursagh church (MA121-137001-) in Ballymacgibbon North townland, but was removed from that church and built into a coach house nearby (O Lochlainn 1968, 157). In 2012 fresh information about the stone came to light. The carving represents not a child but a full figure sheila-na-gig which appears to have suffered damage in the past. It is currently affixed to a wall in the porch of the Roman Catholic church in Cross village in Dowagh townland, c. 800m to NE of its original location (MA121-137002-) at Killursagh church.
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