It is just perfect, perfectly appropriate, that this important 12th-century reliquary, an Irish Crucifixion plaque, should have been found, in of all places, an Irish potato field. But so it was.   And according to the notes of the archaeologist who found it, it was in the year 1844. I check my notes. Yes, 1844.   Just... Continue Reading →

It is just perfect, perfectly appropriate, that this important 12th-century reliquary, an Irish Crucifixion plaque, should have been found, in of all places, an Irish potato field. But so it was.   And according to the notes of the archaeologist who found it, it was in the year 1844. I check my notes. Yes, 1844.   Just... Continue Reading →