Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Limerick City,englishtown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Limerick City,englishtown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.66834, -8.62355
- SMR number
- LI005-017033-
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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
17th century graveslab in St. Mary's Cathedral (LI005-017015-) described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 322) as following; ‘Grave slab Anna Faning 1634. Fragmentary slab in the Arthur chapel with a coat of arms, initials and an incised inscription:
ANNA/ FANNING/ UXOR EIVS/ OBIT 13 MAR/ CII'.
Described by FitzGerald (1910, 130) as following; 'On a fragment is a shield bearing two coats-of-arms, viz., on the dexter side, a chevron between three birds; on the sinister side, a chevron between three heraldic roses. 'The initials S R W appear above and at the sides of the shield. Upside down to the shield is cut in incised letters ': —
ANNA.
FANING
VXOR EIVS
OBIT 13 MAR
CII . ANO . DOI
1634'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 November 2019
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1910 St Mary’s Cathedral. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland 7, 124-36.
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1989 Urban archaeological survey - county Limerick (3 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.