12th century holy relic theft leads to boost in visitors at Thurles Abbey

Has anyone checked today? Is it still there- totally missing?

One wonders why people would make the trip to see a hole where an object previously had been in existence. Maybe it is a peculiarly Irish thing and reminds me of one of the strange twists in the Irish use of English- "and lo and behold went I went to take a look at it, there it was- gone."

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I don't go to church (my choice, and something I thought about before I finally decided) but this kind of behavior against ANY religious place of worship is intolerable. If anyone happens to know who took this cross, ask them to return it. If it arrives back in the church, unharmed, I don't think they'll have much to worry about. (If anyone is planning to return the cross, either own up to stealing it or wipe your fingerprints off the cross.) If it was taken to sell to a specific collector (many different kinds of art thefts are "made to order"), both the thieves and the collector should be jailed while awaiting trial. The thieves and the collector went into their deal knowing they would be involved in what we in the US call a "felony."

I, too, am outraged to learn of this violation of the Cathedral where family members worship. I am glad to hear of the increase of visitors to this lovely House of God. Maybe this awful thing has brought people to the church that the relic did not.