Focus on this artwork and discuss the Theft.
The theft of the Kiltinan sheela-na-gig, in the early morning hours of 9 January 1990, was discovered by Joe Clarke. Fethard Historical Society in co-operation with photographer Joe Kenny created a Wanted poster, which has unfortunately not led to the recovery of the stone carving as of March 2022. At the time of the theft, the press estimated its worth at £3 million. One of the (since cleared) persons of interest was Jim O'Connor who was a member of Fethard Historical Society and who had grown up in the area of Kiltinan Church. He made a replica of the stolen sheela-na-gig from photographs to replace the stolen one at the church. However, this was never concluded, so the replica is now kept on private land on the Beara Peninsula.
Beara Peninsula Fethard Historical Society sheela-na-gig