Sheela na gigs are figurative carvings of naked women displaying an exaggerated vulva. They are architectural grotesques found throughout most of Europe on cathedrals, castles, and other buildings.
Shanballymore is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. It neighbours the towns of Doneraile, Kildorrery and Castletownroche, and is off the main route from Mallow to Mitchelstown. Shanballymore is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.
Cahersiveen, sometimes Cahirciveen, is a small town on the N70 national secondary road in County Kerry, Ireland. As of the 2022 CSO census, it had a population of 1,297.
Fethard is a small town in County Tipperary, Ireland. Dating to the Norman invasion of Ireland, the town's walls were first laid-out in the 13th century, with some sections of these defensive fortifications surviving today.
Aughagower or Aghagower is a small village in rural County Mayo in western Ireland. It is located about 6 km from Westport. Aughagower has around 40 houses, 1 pub and a shop, with a clear view of Croagh Patrick from Reek View. It also forms the centre of a parish of the same name which covers an area of 86.1 square miles. The village is known for its links to Saint Patrick and Tóchar Phádraig, the pilgrimage route from Ballintubber Abbey to Croagh Patrick.
Ballaghmore is a small village located on the western side of County Laois, Ireland, southwest of Portlaoise. It is approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Roscrea. The village is in the civil parish of Kyle in the historic barony of Clandonagh.
Ballinacarriga Castle is a 16th-century tower house located in the village of Ballinacarriga, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the town of Dunmanway and 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) from the village of Ballineen. There is also a school nearby.
Rossnaree or Rosnaree is a small village and townland in County Meath, Ireland, 10 km west of Drogheda. The village is on the south bank of the River Boyne, and the Brú na Bóinne complex of neolithic monuments is nearby, on the north bank of the Boyne. Rossnaree commands a ford that was used by the Williamites at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. The walls of the mill at Rossnaree once contained a Sheela na Gig, although this has been removed for safekeeping and is in private possession.
"Sheela-Na-Gig" is a song by English alternative rock singer-songwriter PJ Harvey, written solely by Harvey. The song was released as the second single from her debut studio album, Dry, in February 1992. The single was the second, and final, single from Dry and only single from the album to enter the charts in both the United Kingdom and United States. An accompanying music video, directed by Maria Mochnacz, was released alongside the single.
Kiltinan Castle is a castle near Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland.
Scregg House is an 18th century house in the townland of Scregg, south of Knockcroghery, in County Roscommon, Ireland. It was built in 1769 and occupied by J.E. Kelly in 1837 and Eliza Kelly in the 1850s. In a sale rental document of 1856, the house is described as a "respectable mansion, 3 stories high with basement and attic stories and a view of the Shannon River". Occupied in 1906 by the representatives of Henry Potts, the house is extant but no longer occupied. It is included on Roscommon County Council's Record of Protected Structures. Between 2007 and 2009, the Irish Georgian Society provided grant funding for repairs to the house's roof and windows.
Redwood is a townland in the historical Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also an electoral district in the Dáil constituency of Offaly having previously been part of the Tipperary North Dáil constituency.
Roscommon County Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of County Roscommon, and is run by the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society. The museum is housed in a former Presbyterian church in Roscommon town.
The vagina and vulva have been depicted from prehistory onwards. Visual art forms representing the female genitals encompass two-dimensional and three-dimensional. As long ago as 35,000 years ago, people sculpted Venus figurines that exaggerated the abdomen, hips, breasts, thighs, or vulva. There have long been folklore traditions, such as the vagina loquens and the vagina dentata.
Liathmore Churches are two medieval churches forming a National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland.
Castlemagner is a village and townland in the Duhallow area of north-west County Cork, Ireland. Castlemagner is within the Cork North-West.
The Coolaghmore sheela na gig was discovered in 1975 at the 13th century church at Coolaghmore, County Kilkenny, Ireland during clearance work at the graveyard. It is thought to have been buried in the 19th century. According to local sources, it had been found in a well in Kyle previously and been brought to Coolaghmore Graveyard. It was then donated to Rothe House Museum via Kilkenny Archaeological Society where it is on display in a bricked up window in the shop of the first of the three houses since about 2012. The sites and monuments records number is KK019-026170.
The Liathmore Sheela-na-gig is part of the northern doorway at the larger church ruin at Liathmore monastic site in the townland of Leigh, County Tipperary. Its Sites and Monuments Record no. is TN042-055004.
The Fethard Abbey Sheela-na-gig is located in a wall on the grounds of the former Augustinian Abbey in Fethard. Its National Sites and Monuments number is TS070-040030. One of its earliest mentions is in the School Collection which also includes a black and white photograph.
St Gobnait's well is the usual name given to a religious complex built on the site of a 6th or 7th century nunnery near Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland. Consisting of a holy well, two churches and a graveyard, its origins date to the medieval period. The site is associated with the 8th century saint Gobnait, and today it is a place of veneration and pilgrimage, where people walk around the site reciting the rosary to pray for the dying and dead, with the 11th of February, and Whit Sunday being the two central date of gathering.
