Nearby Drogheda is the 5th-century Monastery of St. Buithe. On the grounds of the ruined monastery is the 5.5-metre Muiredach's High Cross, regarded as the finest high cross in the whole of Ireland. It is named after an abbot, Muiredach mac Domhnaill, who died in 923 and features biblical carvings of both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
We are reminded of the devotion of those who have gone before us, especially to the Holy Scriptures. The cross at Monasterboice reminds us of the visual form of the catechism from ancient times.
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