White Island
White Island, Co. Fermanagh.
Many figures to choose from here—all doubtful.
The Bishop figure was only found in 1958, so there could be many more hidden there.
Another figure came to notice recently on Boa, see what you think!
White, Boa and Lustybeg islands are all clumped together here to give you a good day out and away from that computer. More
27/9/2005
Reading Macallister’s book, Archaeology of Ireland, today in which he suggests that these figures represent the 7 Deadly Sins sounds to me to make perfect sense. See if you agree.
Lust…the Sheela na gig?
Sloth…sitting snugly with his muff.(careful)
Gluttony…waiting with his dinner knife at the ready
Covetousness…having borrowed 4 birds
Pride…with his brooch and armour
Anger…was chipped away, possibly too horrific
Envy…peeping out of his window
All of these figures are not displayed here but enough for you to get the general idea.
The only other group of sins that I am aware of is located at Kilpeck Church . This assists the theory that they were designed to educate the peasants on the evils of sin.
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Map No. 18 ….G.R. No. H 21 / 50
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12k NW of Enniskillen
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Last Updated: 27 September 05
