Thomas de Cantwell (d. 1319), a Cambro-Norman adventurer who became Lord of Kilfan.
His effigy is known as The Cantwell Fada (also known as the Long Man) that is on display in the ruins of a 13th Century church in Kilfane near Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
The effigy is the tallest of its kind in Britain or Ireland and is carved from a single slab of limestone. The knight wears a suit of chain mail. His legs are crossed, the right leg over the left, believed to show that he was a participant in the crusades. In the left hand is carried a large shield bearing the arms of the Cantwell family.
The stone effigy is thought to originally have been a sarcophagus slab which has since been set upright against an inner wall of the church. The statue represents a noted example of such art achieved by the Normans prior to a cultural and economic decline marked by the Bruce invasion and the arrival of Black Death.
There is a local tale that children at the nearby Protestant school were sometimes punished by having to kiss the statue.
Nearby is the The Longman of Kilfane, a public house and restaurant named for the Cantwell Fada.
His effigy is known as The Cantwell Fada (also known as the Long Man) that is on display in the ruins of a 13th Century church in Kilfane near Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
The effigy is the tallest of its kind in Britain or Ireland and is carved from a single slab of limestone. The knight wears a suit of chain mail. His legs are crossed, the right leg over the left, believed to show that he was a participant in the crusades. In the left hand is carried a large shield bearing the arms of the Cantwell family.
The stone effigy is thought to originally have been a sarcophagus slab which has since been set upright against an inner wall of the church. The statue represents a noted example of such art achieved by the Normans prior to a cultural and economic decline marked by the Bruce invasion and the arrival of Black Death.
There is a local tale that children at the nearby Protestant school were sometimes punished by having to kiss the statue.
Nearby is the The Longman of Kilfane, a public house and restaurant named for the Cantwell Fada.
Thomas de Cantwell (d. 1319), a Cambro-Norman adventurer who became Lord of Kilfan.
His effigy is known as The Cantwell Fada (also known as the Long Man) that is on display in the ruins of a 13th Century church in Kilfane near Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
The effigy is the tallest of its kind in Britain or Ireland and is carved from a single slab of limestone. The knight wears a suit of chain mail. His legs are crossed, the right leg over the left, believed to show that he was a participant in the crusades. In the left hand is carried a large shield bearing the arms of the Cantwell family.
The stone effigy is thought to originally have been a sarcophagus slab which has since been set upright against an inner wall of the church. The statue represents a noted example of such art achieved by the Normans prior to a cultural and economic decline marked by the Bruce invasion and the arrival of Black Death.
There is a local tale that children at the nearby Protestant school were sometimes punished by having to kiss the statue.
Nearby is the The Longman of Kilfane, a public house and restaurant named for the Cantwell Fada.
His effigy is known as The Cantwell Fada (also known as the Long Man) that is on display in the ruins of a 13th Century church in Kilfane near Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
The effigy is the tallest of its kind in Britain or Ireland and is carved from a single slab of limestone. The knight wears a suit of chain mail. His legs are crossed, the right leg over the left, believed to show that he was a participant in the crusades. In the left hand is carried a large shield bearing the arms of the Cantwell family.
The stone effigy is thought to originally have been a sarcophagus slab which has since been set upright against an inner wall of the church. The statue represents a noted example of such art achieved by the Normans prior to a cultural and economic decline marked by the Bruce invasion and the arrival of Black Death.
There is a local tale that children at the nearby Protestant school were sometimes punished by having to kiss the statue.
Nearby is the The Longman of Kilfane, a public house and restaurant named for the Cantwell Fada.
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