Tomb - effigial

The National Monuments Service's description

from King (1987, 299) NOBBER III. c. 1700. This slab lies beside Nobber II and is known as the ‘Priest’s Tomb’ (Smith 1888, 28). This also had a marginal inscription in Roman capitals, but only a few words can now be deciphered: THIS TOMBE../../HIS. A. OW MADE FOR MURTAGH. The centre of the slab has the effigy of a priest in false relief in a round-headed recess, with arms bent at the elbows and upraised hands. Mortality symbols are carved under his out-turned feet. The inscription on this slab provides us with a clue to the identity of the person commemorated. The name ‘Murtagh’ can be read and, as this slab on iconographical grounds dates to c. 1700, it may well be a memorial to Murtagh Carolan, parish priest of Nobber in the late seventeenth century (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 332; Ellison 1973, 4). The head of this slab is to the east which is customary for an ecclesiastical memorial. Dimensions: L 2.01m; Wth 0.98m.

See attached screenshot of 3D model of effigial tomb created by Digital Heritage Age under the direction of Gary Dempsey and Orla Peach Power. Photogrammetric 3D model can be accessed at the following website: https://skfb.ly/6ssOz

Date of upload: 10 July, 2014

References

King, H.A. 1987 Seventeenth-century effigial sculpture in the north Meath area. In E. Rynne (ed.), Figures from the past: studies on figurative art in Christian Ireland in honour of Helen M. Roe, 283-307. Dun Laoghaire. Glendale Press.

Smith, O. 1888 County Meath. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, vol. 1, 24-30.

Ellison, Rev. C. C. 1971-5 Bishop Dopping's Visitation Book 1682-5, Ríocht na Mídhe, 5, 1, 28-39; 5, 2, 3-13; 5, 3, 3-11; 5, 4, 98-103; 6, 1, 3-13.

Cogan, Rev. A. 1862-70 Ecclesiastical history of the diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. (3 vols) Dublin: John Fowler, Joseph Dollard