| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:272 Macalister/1949:805 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1684 Bishop of Meath |
| History: | Macalister/1949, 65: `Known only from a note in `The Bishop's Book' (1684) recording a visit of the Bishop of Meath of the time to Clonmacnois'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1684, missing 1872) |
| Location: | Recorded in 'The Bishop's Book' (1684), Macalister/1949, 65: `Known only from a note in `The Bishop's Book' (1684) recording a visit of the Bishop of Meath of the time to Claonmacnois'. |
| Form: | Incomplete Information |
| Condition: | inc , inc |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Bishop of Meath (1684): | IAH AN SHANALY MORERTAGH O MURRY ASPUG CLONE KEAN MEE Expansion: + OR AR ANMAIN MUIRCERTAIG I MUIREDAIG ESPOIC CLUANA [CAOIN MIDE] Macalister/1909 49 reading only Macalister/1949 65 reading only |
| Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
| Position: | inc ; inc ; inc ; inc |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: No illustration survives of this inscription. |
| Legibility: | inc The precise form and content of the stone and its inscription is unknown, as Macalister/1909, 65, states it is `known only from a note in `The Bishop's Book' (1684) recording a visit of the Bishop of Meath of the time to Clonmacnois. He notes the inscription on this slab, otherwise unknown - `Iah an Shanaly morertagh o murry aspug Clone Kean Mee', which might stand for + OR AR ANMAIN MUIRCERTAIG I MUIREDAIG ESPOIC CLUANA [CAOIN MIDE]?'. Presenting this `transcription' Macalister/1909, 49, noted, `the Bishop's rendering is past doctoring'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | yes |