Not many people seem to care about Delgany churchyard, but I love it! The grass is very long and the paths full of weeds. The sad forgotten look really does add to the sense of adventure when visiting the site.
There is a single section of the north wall of the church in the graveyard and the whole site is peppered with beautiful yew trees.
Towards the rear of the graveyard, at the end of a gravel path, is the shaft of a High Cross about 2m tall. The front (south) face has some very worn carvings on it and the sides have plain, recessed panels. The rear is plain.
The carvings on the south face are thought to be:
OR DO
??????
OCUS
DO O
DRAN
SAIR
meaning 'A prayer for ???? and Odran the wright' (Antiquities of old Rathdown Corlett - Wordwell 1999).
I don't know when these letters were identified, but you can not read them now.
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_A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Slievnabawnoge (Co. Dublin) |  Srahan (Co. Cavan) |  Knockananiller (Co. Dublin) |
 Jamestown Cross (Co. Dublin) |  Lisnaskea (Co. Fermanagh) |  Gartan (Co. Donegal) |
