A sheela-na-gig is situated in the western bawn wall. These exhibitionist statues were relatively common in Ireland. This one is modelled on one found at nearby Glanworth Castle, Co. Cork, a stronghold of the Old English Lord Roche, Spenser's nemesis.
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A sheela-na-gig is situated in the western bawn wall. These exhibitionist statues were relatively common in Ireland. This one is modelled on one found at nearby Glanworth Castle, Co. Cork, a stronghold of the Old English Lord Roche, Spenser's nemesis.
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“A sheela-na-gig is situated in the western bawn wall. These exhibitionist statues were relatively common in Ireland. This one is modelled on one found at nearby Glanworth Castle, Co. Cork, a stronghold of the Old English Lord Roche, Spenser's nemesis.,” Collections @ ECU, accessed December 25, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/893.
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