Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - chest tomb
Kilfenora, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilfenora
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99061, -9.21682
- SMR number
- CL016-015018-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Mounted on the S wall within the chancel of Kilfenora cathedral (CL016-015002-). Four panels from a chest tomb with an inscription in relief in large capitals commemorating William Magencharig i(?) and his wife Elizabeth. The tomb is dated 1650. (Barry 1892, 40)
CL016-015018-_01.jpg attached.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 1 September 2014
References
Barry, J.G. 1892 County Clare. Kilfenora Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland 2, 38-40.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.