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Graveslab

Rathbeagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Rathbeagh, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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