Ralaghan Idol

[2][3] The figure was found during turf cutting, by a farmer named Thomas Halfpenny, aka Mr. Halpin,[4][5][6][7] in a small peat bog close to the townland boundary between Ralaghan and Crossmakeelan, in the civil parish of Shercock, County Cavan, Ireland.

Mahr reported that the figure was found face down "under 3 to 4 feet of peat" in an area of bog that had been "reclaimed since".

The figure is 113.5 cm long and made from yew (Taxus baccata), a toxic wood with multiple folkloric associations.

It has a carved head and neck, a long torso with no arms, breasts or navel, a well defined pubic area and a pair of slightly bent legs that end in feet.

[9] The idea that the figure originally featured a separate insertable phallus made of wood or some other material has been suggested by several scholars.