Tomb - table tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

A table tomb in Holmpatrick graveyard (DU005-031002-) dedicated to Elizabeth Finglas, wife of Thomas Hussey of Holmpatrick (d. 1577). Inscription on the 16th-century tomb was recorded by E. R. McC. Dix in May, 1904 as follows; 'The following inscription is copied from a slab hearing the Hussey coat-of-arms, impaling that of the Finglas family. Over the former are the initials T. H., and over the latter E. F. ' The Hussey Arms resemble those of the Barons of Galtrim, viz.' : —
"Barry of six, ermine and gules, on a canton of the last a cross or."
'The Finglas Arms are' : —
"Per pale, sable and argent, a fleur-de-lys counterchanged."
The inscription, Mr. Dix states, has been recut in recent years by a person (judging by the blunders) ignorant of Latin. For instance, the QVE OBIIT now appears as QVF OBMT, &c.
'In the original inscription several of the letters were conjoined. It apparently read ':
HIC • IACET • ELIZABETH
FINGLAS . QVONDAM
VXOR • THOMAE • HVSSEI
DE • HOLMPATRICK • GENEROSI
QVE • OBIIT XXVII • DIE
NOVEMBRIS • A° • 1577
QVIVS • AIE • PPICIETVR • DE'
'The last line means " On whose soul may God have mercy.' The first P has a prolongation of the curved portion slanting downwards, which is a contraction for PRO; and the large commalike object after the DE is also a contraction, and represents US' (McC. Dix 1906, 266).

McC. Dix, E. R. 1906 Holmpatrick Old Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Vol. VI, 1904-06. Dublin

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Update by: Christine Baker

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 13 March 2023