This statue of Saint. Moling is just outside the town of Graignamanagh.
The saint, also known as St. Mullins, was 7th century cleric, prince, poet, artist and artisan.
He built a monastery at St. Mullin’s with the help of "Gobban Saor", the legendary Irish builder. In the 8th century manuscript, known as "The Book of Mulling", there is a plan of the monastery, the earliest known plan of an Irish monastery which shows four crosses inside and eight crosses outside the circular monastic wall.
It is said that St. Moling dug a mile-long watercourse with his own hands to power his mill, a task that took seven years!
He became Bishop of Ferns, died in 697 and is buried at St. Mullin's.