This is not an easy one to spot, well, it is if you look in the right place, but, if like me, you expect it to be 20 feet up the wall you'll probably never see it! I was gazing around when the vicar walked out of his house. After greeting him I asked where the Sheela-na-Gig was. He pointed over my shoulder and said, "There". Embarassment ...
The Abbey ruins are at the east end of Fethard. At the east end of the church is a modern house. The Sheela is mounted 4 foot from the ground in the middle of a patch of ivy.
She is a tall and skinny one. Her ribs are quite clearly carved and the left hand rests on her belly. There is scaring marked on her cheeks and forehead. There doesn't seem to be a vulva, but this may have been chiselled away. The right arm does disappear behind her back and it is probably safe to assume once indicated the vulva.
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Ballyfinboy Castle (Co. Tipperary) | Fethard Wall (Co. Tipperary) |  Balgeeth (Co. Meath) |
 Ballaghmore (Co. Laois) |  Killinaboy (Co. Clare) |  Ballynacarriga (Co. Cork) |
