St. Colmcille's Cross / Cros Cholm Cille, Falcarragh, Co. Donegal , IrelandSt. Colmcille's Cross / Cros Cholm Cille, Falcarragh, Co. Donegal , Ireland

St. Colmcille's Cross / Cros Cholm Cille

This large ringed cross, twenty feet in height and seven feet in width, stands against the north wall, inside the ruins of Ray Church.
The cross is said to have been sculpted from a solid rock quarried from Muckish Mountain, and was originally intended for Tory by St. Colmcille.
Colmcille, however presented it to St. Fionan for retrieving his misplaced Bible.
The cross was knocked down in a storm about 1750, and lay broken in the graveyard until it was repaired by the Office of Public Works in the 1970's.
Two broad metal strips were used to secure the cross in one piece, and it was re-erected inside the building.
At the base of the cross there are two millstones, one of which has been cut to form a cross base, and the other in which there is a cork screw perforation.
In the graveyard there is a basin stone, and in the North East corner of the graveyard a standing stone, which is approximateliy six feet high and three feet wide.