(December 15, 2024) Sometimes referred to as the Bracklaghboy stone , but actually on the neighbouring townland of Island ; standing on the top of a low mound, apparently an artificial tumulus.
ᚉ ᚒ ᚅ ᚐ ᚂ ᚓ ᚌ ᚔ ᚒ ᚊ ᚒ ᚅ ᚐ ᚉ ᚐ ᚅ ᚑ ᚄ
(December 15, 2024) Discovered by Constabulary Sergeant Lyons, formerly of Ballyhaunis. It was built into the wall of an old church. It is now in the National Museum of Ireland. Stratified sandstone , 4 ' 0 " × 1 ′ 8 ″ x 1'o."
(December 15, 2024) Discovered by Constabulary Sergeant Lyons, formerly of Ballyhaunis. It lay as a "kneeling stone" on a dwarf wall surrounding a well dedicated to St. Mobhi. it now stands upright on a low altar-like structure north of the well. It is made of Schist: 4' 11" × 1′ 5″ × 1' 1." St. Mobhi died 544 CE. He was an early Irish Christian teacher and counted as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
APu ATu Ta'u. ŠaMu ASu IRu Bu
(December 19, 2024) This inscription was first noticed by Sergeant Lyons in 1900. It had been badly injured some time before by boys, who lit a fire against the stone. The stone had fallen , and was re-erected, presumably as a cattle rubbing- post, in or about 1861. It measures 6' 5" x 1′ 7″ × 1′ 7.″
(December 15, 2024) Macalister says this about his adventure in reading this text,
"This reading is the result of two prolonged and minute examinations, in very different atmospheric conditions , and using a ladder to get to close quarters with the top of the stone."
(December 15, 2024) A limestone slab , 4′ 4″ × 2′ 0″ × 0′6″. Apparently a priest, Father McManus, re-erected the stone then lying flat on the scrub-covered sandhills where it still stands.
The round symbol apparent has something to do with the magical motion powers.
(December 15, 2024) In the field on the side of the road opposite to Heathfield National School, a slab of micaceous sandstone stands on edge, now in a sloping position. Its size is: 6′ 8″ × 6′ 6″ × o' 6".
(December 15, 2024) The inscription on this stone was discovered by a Mr. W. K. Dover, an English visitor , and was shortly afterwards brought to the notice of Ferguson , who was the first to make it public. It was then prostrate. Ferguson gives its full dimensions as 12' 0" x 2'6" x 2' o". Later, on Ferguson's suggestion, it was re-erected at the charges of the Royal Irish Academy.
MAQ CORRBRI MAQ AMMLLOŊITT