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Ballaghmore : Sheela-na-Gig

CountyLaois
Grid RefS 197 899
GPSS 19718 89865 (8m)
Longitude7° 42' 23.58" W
Latitude52° 57' 33.29" N
Nearest TownBorris in Ossory (5.8 Km)
OS Sheet60
UTM zone29U
UTM x586883.58583119
UTM y5868520.0275389
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 22nd February 2004

Compared with the Fethard Wall (County Tipperary) Sheela I went to last week, this one is very pleasant. She has been described a 'jaunty' and I have to say I agree. She gives the impression that she is doing a little jig - one hand seems to be on her hip and the other is on her knee.

The figure is carved onto a quoin stone, which is mounted about 9 or 10m up the wall of Ballaghmore Castle - a privately owned and restored castle (available for functions etc ... I add this because when I visited I could not make myself heard even though I rang the bell loudly as the sign requests, and so proceeded to photgraph the Sheela anyway.)

I described thisone as "one you would take home to meet your mum ... especially if you'd taken the Fethard Wall Sheela home the previous week."

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