457 



take to be a date ; and I read it 



Op 6 paniinint), 

 Pray for many Saints."* 

 MCDYII. 

 M.CD.VII. 1407. 



The other stone, figured as '^o. 2, has been partially broken, f It is 

 of red sandstone, and its inscription is also incised. The external band 

 appears to have been intended 

 to represent a coffin, to which 

 form the stone itself also ap- 

 proximates. The central boss, 

 as well as the two lateral^en- 

 closures, are of the Irish inter- 

 laced work, as well as the one at 

 the foot (there may have been 

 another at the top when the 

 stone was unbroken), and make 

 the form of a cross, similar to 

 those found in our most ancient 

 churches. There is one nearly 

 the same in the primitive Irish 

 church of the Luce Cpaib- 

 ceac at Inch 'iSo^ll, in Lough 

 Corrib, county of Galway. This 

 inscription is quite legible, and 

 I read it 



Op upmop, 

 Pray for very many, 



being singularly in accordance 

 with the inscription onKo. 1. 



That these stones are of a very 

 remote antiquity can hardly be 

 disputed ; and the fish in lio. 1, 

 the primitive emblem of Chris- 

 tianity, so prominent in the 

 early martyrs' monuments in the Catacombs at Eome, well bears out 

 the fact. 



* Mr. Petrie, who has since been at the place, and examined these stones, makes 



Op apamnainoit) acain, o"p ap anmam oib acam, meaning, Pray for the soul of 



Oidachain, or Ogan (^M'Egan).' 



f Dr. Petrie makes this Op Qpmoil, op ap TTlaoil (quere Seacluin), which 

 may have been on the broken part of the stone, and means, Pray for Maelseachluin. 



