Tuam High Cross

In St Mary's (C of I) Cathedral (GA029-179002-), in Tuam town (GA029-199----). According to OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 48-9), it 'was found sunk under the earth, where the Communnion [sic] table is now, inside the church', i.e., e end of the 'Synod Hall'. It consists of the shaft of a 12th-C sandstone cross (H 1.45m, L 0.45m, Wth 0.25m), the edges of which are defined by rolled and cavetto mouldings. The broad faces are decorated in animal interlace and fretwork patterns, while the narrow sides bear two inscriptions, as follows: (a) 'Prayer for the King, Turdelbuch O'Conor [/] Prayer for the wright Gill Christ O'Toole', and (b) 'Prayer for the successor of Iarlath, for Aed O Hossin who had the cross made' (Harbison 1992, 177, no. 218)