St Brigid's Cross - Symbol of St Brigid

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    		• Tully Church
    dedicated to St Brigid
    Cabinteely, Co Dublin Ireland

    Crosses of Tully

      The East Cross stands high up on a plinth or pedestal in the roadway. It is a plain granite wheel cross, undecorated but for a high-pitched cap. when the road was lowered the cross was retained at it's original level by enclosing the ground beneath it in a wall of masonry

    The West Cross stands in a field on the opposite side of the road. It is a tall narrow cross, which bears a head at the intersection of the arms on the west face.
    Picture on right.
    The east face depicts what has been taken to be a female figure holding a crozier, probably intended to represent St. Brigid of Kildare Both crosses date from some time between the 8th and the 12th century.
    Picture on left.