Emlagh High Cross

Emlagh was an early ecclesiastical site, founded by St Brocaidh of Imleach in the 5th century. In 757AD the death of the monastery’s abbot, Dumhgnasach, is recorded. The construction of a road in 1837 cut straight through the site’s graveyard and church. The base of a cross, 0.3m in height, is almost buried in the road’s north bank. Other fragments of crosses from the graveyard are set-up on a ...