Category:Tandragee Man

English: This bust is named “Tandragee Man” or “Tandragee Idol” as this sculpture was assumed to be have been found in the townland of Tandragee near Armagh. According to newer research the sculpture was located for some time in Tandragee Rectory but originally this sculpture came possibly from a bog near Newry. This sculpture is assumed to be of 1000 B.C. origin and depicting King Nuadha who lost his left arm in a battle and got a prosthetic arm which he is holding with his right arm. The sculpture is located in the north aisle of St. Patrick's Cathedral of the Church of Ireland. (See Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster, p. 105; Alf McCreary, Saint Patrick's City: The Story of Armagh, p. 24; Richard B. Warner, The Armagh ‘Pagan’ Statues, in: Ulster Journal of Archaeology, vol. 72, 2013, pp. 55–69. JSTOR 44135437.)