Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.33930, -6.27114
- SMR number
- DU018-519----
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American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
17th-century graveslab of Dublin City Alderman, Robert Arundell (d. 1675) and his wife Lucretia who died in 1671, located in the disused graveyard (DU018-494----) formerly known as the ‘Green Churchyard’ or the ‘Vicar’s Bawn' located to the E and SE of St Patrick’s Cathedral (DU018-020269-) which was closed for burials in 1868. Inscription on the graveslab of Robert Arundell transcribed by Mrs. T. Long in 1905 as a; ‘Flat slab with a large coat-of-arms in relief. The inscription is hardly visible, and appears to have been originally lightly incised ; it is preserved among the Cathedral records. Here lieth the Body of Robert Arundell of the city of Dublin Ald[derma]n deceased ye 9 of September Anno Domini 1675 and his wife Lucretia deceased the 29 day of February Anno Domini 1671' (Anon. 1906, 308).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
References
Anon. 1906 St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Inscriptions on the Tombstones in the Green Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Vol. VI, 1904-06, 292-308.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.