Our Lady of Fethard' at Dublin Museum

The statue is of oak and measures 67 centimetres in height.

It is carved in the round and consists of a standing figure of Blessed Virgin Mother
supporting the child Jesus on her left hand.

In the early 1970s the then Prior, Fr. Anthony Leddin OSA, sent the statue to the National Museum in Dublin to assess the origin and age.

From the fine skirt of the Mother and the tunic worn by the Child, it is estimated to be of Flemish origin and dated 17th Century.

The statue was venerated in the Abbey.

Then, as Cromwell and his soldiers were coming to town, the statue was hidden
in the secret tunnel going from the Abbey to the Holy Trinity Church of Ireland, dated 1208.

It was only found in the tunnel around 1900 and for seventy years
it was again venerated in the Abbey Church.