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Memorial stone

Moig South, County Limerick, Ireland

The record

Townland
Moig South
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
NULL
Coordinates
52.60398, -8.97538
SMR number
LI011-092013-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

The following description of this monument is taken from 'The Urban Archaeological Survey of County Limerick' compiled by John Bradley, Andrew Halpin and Heather A. King (Office of Public Works, 1985).

"R. Stephenson. 1646.

The monument consists of a narrow wall plaque placed over a triple sedilia at the east end of the south wall of the chancel. Part of it is missing and part of it is in the
chapter house. Above this there is another plaque flanked by a crocketed gable decorated with geometric and floral designs. The inscriptions are:

EPITAPHIVM/ CH ronograp HIC OLIVERUrban Archaeology Survey INE/st genituS GEN/
ITORQUE RICHAR dus STEPHENSON C/ LericanDOR UTI ERQUE
CHORO EST ano 1642. D.O.M NOBILISSIMO D.RICHARDO
STEPHENSON EIUrban Archaeology Survey FILIO D.OLIVERO STEPHENSON AC POSTERIS
SUIS HOC BUrban Archaeology SurveyTUM FIERI FECERUNT D. MARGARITA NI BRIEN ET
D. ELINORA BROWNE ANO DOI 1646.

Dims: est. H. 2.40. W.70

Westropp 1903, 244-5
Mems Dead iii (1895-7), 102"
Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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