Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Memorial stone
Town Parks (kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Town Parks (kells Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72774, -6.87967
- SMR number
- ME017-044042-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
From Bradley and King (1985, 1, 80-1) Located on the S wall of the church tower, but originally within the church according to Dopping’s Visitation (1682-5) (Ellison 1973, 7). It consists of two rectangular limestone tablets (Wth 1.46m (approx. H 0.44m) with an incised inscription in mixed gothic and roman lettering: The bodie of this churche being i utter ruyn and decaie was reedi /fied i ano dni 1579 & in ano R. R. Elizabeth XX through the dilig / ce and care of the revered father i god Hughe Brady Byshop of Meat/ he & Sir Thoe Garvie archedeacon of the same and Deane of Christchurch/ i Dubline bothe of here maiestie is privie consaile Sr hereie sionie/Knight of the noble ordire being then Lord Deputie &c. The said reedifying was begane & seatt forward be the advise & daly / carfull travaell of the ancient burgis Nicholas O…./ then being suffranie of Kinllis 2 of Iuli I Ao. Proicto / with other daly furtherins boght the rowff of this / c… uppo his owin proper chargis. God is not unright / at he shuld forget the worke and labour that proced I / which love is shewed for his name is sake. (FitzGerald 1898-1900, 455)
References
Bradley, J. and King, H.A. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Meath. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1898-1900 Kells Parish - Kells Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 4, 455-62.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.