Votive Offering One

Description

By Hannah Healy One of three sculptured stones found at St Colmán’s Well ([Tobar Cholmáin](http://https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2015/11/15/st-colmans-holy-well-at-oughtmama-co-clare/)). The well is part of the monastic landscape of Oughtmama, a small monastic site located in a valley above Turlough Hill in the Burren, Co. Clare. The stones were presented to the museum by Rev. O'Doherty, Lord Bishop of Galway. **Further Reading:** Danièle Cybulskie, "[Memento Mori: Medieval Images of Death](http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/memento-mor-medieval-images-death/)", *medievalistsnet*. Web. 29 November 1916 "[Crucifixes Europe](http://www.rosaryworkshop.com/MUSEUM-Cean.htm)", *rosaryworkshop*, Web. 29 November 2016.