Dysert O'Dea Cross - Co. Clare, Ireland 16" x 5 ½" by McHarp

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144 Dysert O’Dea Cross

The Dysert O’Dea Cross is a 12th century limestone High Cross which stands 11 feet high.  The east face is dominated by a figure of Christ in a long robe and triumphantly stretching forth his arms.  Beneath Him, a bishop with mitre and volute crozier, probably representing the local saint, Tola, who founded a monastery in the 8th century.  The hole is where the right hand, a separate carved stone, was attached but is now gone.