Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Rathbeagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbeagh
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.75468, -7.34716
- SMR number
- KK009-048004-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Listed as ‘Grave-slab’ in the SMR (1987) and as ‘Architectural fragment’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 324) as, 'In the church yard there is a piece of a floor-slab with the following inscription in raised Roman capitals:....PATRICII PVRCELL DE LISMEANE......, and the initials "K.P.," and "T.P.". Patrick Purcell of Lismain was pardoned in 1571'. Cockerham and Harris (2001, 187) suggest a date of c. 1600 for this slab based on Carrigan's reference. This fragment was not located when the graveyard was inspected in 1994.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 6 February 2018
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Cockerham. P. and Harris, L. 2001 Kilkenny funeral monuments 1500-1600: a statistical and analytical account. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 101C, 135-88.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.