Gallowglass_gravestone.png
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Description Gallowglass gravestone.png |
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A gallowglass gravestone features a large cross involving botanical symbolism, hurling stick and ball, and a sword.
Following description from http://100objects.ie/gallowglass-gravestone/ 'Gallowglass Gravestone Fifteenth or Sixteenth Century [...] The inscription says FERGUS MAK ALLAN DO RINI IN CLACH SA/MAGNUS MEC ORRISTIN IA FO TRI SEO. ‘Fergus Mac Allan made this stone/Magnus Mac Orristin of the Isles under this covering.' [...] The hurley and ball suggest that Magnus was famed for his skill at what was called winter hurling, a form of the game played in the north of Ireland and in Scotland.' |
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Source | http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/donegal/cloncha/cloncha.html |
Author | This photo was originally taken by Brian T. McElherron and has been cropped to its current size by user:RickyBennison. License permission granted by Brian T. McElherron. |
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