Graveslab

The National Monuments Service's description

This tapering graveslab (L 1.74m; Wth at top 0.6m; Wth at base 0.29m; T 0.12m), is in the nave of the church (GA084-001014-), opposite the console on the S side, and was described by Macalister (1913, 215, XVII, Pl. VIII, No. 10) as a ‘slab with floriated cross much defaced, with the lower end broken away.’ He transcribed an inscription, in three lines, on the sinister side, as ‘FOR THE VSE OF OWEN CRAW(ley) AND CATHERIN MONAGHAN AND (their) POSTERITY 1686’. A plough sock and coulter are visible on the dexter side. It is most likely that this slab dates to the 13th/14th century and was reused in the 17th-century when the inscription and occupational symbols were added. (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 39; Mckeon 2009, 51; Fig. 21: Slab K)

The following image has been uploaded: GA084-001057-_01.jpg

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 12 November 2018

References

Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1992b Urban archaeological survey - county Galway. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.

Macalister, R.A.S. 1913 The Dominican church at Athenry. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 3, 197-222.

McKeon, J. 2009 The Dominican priory of Saints Peter and Paul, Athenry: High-medieval history and architecture. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 61, 24-56.