Toomergan - CV010-012002 - Exhibitionist Figure

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This carving is often included in lists of Sheela-na-Gigs, fitting neatly within a wider exhibitionist figure type. It was originally discovered in the townland of Mullynagolman, CV010-052002-. Noted locally as the Apex Windows, its original form remains uncertain, potentially a doorway or tympanum. The figures consist of a long, oval bearded face with staring eyes and high-set ears, no body but wide splayed arms and legs, buttocks and possible representations of testicles. The left hand grasps a small purse in the shape of a human face, the right holds a horseshoe-shaped object. Local tradition suggests this may represent St. Bricin, an Irish abbot of Tuaim Dreccon, who performed an operation on Cenn Faelad after the Battle of Magh Rath (Moria) at Tomergan University in 636 AD.