St. Maelruin's Losset

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  • History of Tallaght



St. Maelruain's Cross lies south of the font. It is firmly fixed in a granite base, which resembles a millstone. The pronunciation of St. Maelruain became distorted over the years, and the cross and its base came to be called 'Moll Rooney's loaf and griddle'. There are a great many tombstones in the graveyard, dating mainly from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Also to be seen in the grounds of the church is the remains of the fosse, the ancient curved bank which enclosed Maelruain's monastery. The best view of this is from the carpark at the rear of Smith's Toy Store in Tallaght.