Tomb - effigial

The National Monuments Service's description

Lying recumbent close to the W wall of the porch of Kilfenora Church of Ireland church (CL016-015004-) which occupies the nave of Kilfenora cathedral (CL016-015002-). A rectangular slab with the effigy of a cleric, described by Hunt (1974, vol. 1, 128) as ‘carved in very flat relief technique. The commemorated man is tonsured and bareheaded. The outline of the lower part of the body is indicated by flat vertical folds, the arms parallel with the body and the forearms folded rigidly across the chest holding a book. The figure seems to be dressed either in a choir vestment with almuce or in a gown with scapular. The neck is disproportionately long and the treatment highly schematized and rectangular. The carving is debased and is perhaps early fifteenth century in date.’ (Hunt 1974, vol. 2, pl. 132)

The following image has been uploaded:
CL016-015015-_01.jpg View of effigy in its former location mounted upright in the chancel of Kilfenora cathedral.
CL016-015015-_02.jpg Effigy in its current location in the porch of the cathedral.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 5 September 2018

References

Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press.