Boa Island

[4] It is the largest island in Lough Erne,[5] approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) long,[6] and relatively narrow.

The faces are large and ovals, with big eyes, straight noses, and half-open mouths with protruding tongues above pointed chins.

[9] The lower section of the figure—two hands with elongated fingers carved in relief—was broken away from the top part at an unknown time in the past.

[4] A deep indentation of unknown purpose is carved at the top of the bilateral figure; tourists often place small mementoes in it for good luck.

[citation needed] The Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney celebrated the enigmatic Boa Island bilateral figure's similarity to the Roman deity Janus in his poem "January God".

[7][11] The Enniskillen-born poet Francis Harvey published a collection of poems called The Boa Island Janus in 1996.

Lacking details of the facial features, it is less impressive visually,[4] and is approximately 70 cm (28 in) in height.

Irish archaeologist Eileen Murphy states in Warrior Women (2002) that the Lustymore Idol is thought by some Irish scholars to be the precursor to Sheela na gigs: her arms lie across the torso and point toward the inverted V that represents the top of the vulva (page 204).

[14] On 9 January 1944, a Royal Air Force Consolidated PBY Catalina (FP193) flying boat departed RAF Killadeas on a bombing exercise.