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Sheela-Na-Gig at Killinaboy Church
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Sheela-Na-Gig

A Sheela-Na-Gig is a sculptured figure from the past that nobody really knows what they mean---It is usually a crude representation of a woman stretching her vagina open, and is usually, but not always, above a southern-facing doorway of a Church, sometimes a Monastery, sometimes a Nunnery. I did some internet research (check out www.irelands-sheelanagigs.org) and went to Killinaboy and found this one on the Church south wall.

Updated May 23, 2010

Address: Killinaboy, County Clare

Related to:
 Historical Travel
 Women's Travel
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