Editing Crom Cruach (section)

== Archaeology ==
A decorated stone known as the [[Killycluggin Stone]] ({{Irish derived place name|Coill an Chlogáin}}, meaning 'the Wood of the Bell-Shaped Stone') has been interpreted by some as the cult image of Crom Cruach. It was found at [[Killycluggin]], [[County Cavan]]. It was discovered broken in several pieces and partly buried close to a [[Bronze Age]] stone circle (54.090773, -7.634122), inside which it probably once stood.<ref name=Isaac/>

The 14th century ''Book of McGovern'', written in [[Magh Slécht]], contains a poem which states that Crom was situated at Kilnavert beside the road and that the local women used to tremble in fear as they passed by. There is still a local tradition in the area that the Killycluggin Stone is the Crom stone.

There is another standing stone identified<ref>''Killinagh Church and Crom Cruaich'' by Oliver Davies and D. Lowry-Corry, in Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Third Series, Vol. 2 (1939), pp. 98-104</ref> with Crom Crúaich in Drumcoo townland, [[County Fermanagh]]. It has the figure of a man walking engraved on it, representing either Saint Patrick or a druid, depending on when it was engraved. A nearby street is named Crom Crúaich Way after it.

A large wooden idol from the 4th century AD has recently been discovered in Gortnacrannagh, County Roscommon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1600-year-old-wooden-idol-found-ireland-180978453/|title = Eight-Foot-Tall, 1,600-Year-Old Statue of Pagan Deity Found in Ireland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KpPTEKbk40|title = Gortnacrannagh Idol|website = [[YouTube]]| date=17 December 2021 }}</ref>