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
- DU018-520----
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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/18th-century graveslab of George Edkins (d. 1697) of Millstreet and his wife Rebecca and nine of their children and 10 of their grandchildren, 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 transcribed by Mrs. T. Long in 1905 as; ‘This is the burial place of Mr. George Edkins of Millstreet who was interred here the 31st of October 1697 Rebecca his wife the 31st of August and nine of their children Also Rebecca wife of George son of the above George Edkins the 19th of December 1735 and ten of their children' (Anon. 1906, 304).
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.