Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument
Moorechurch, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moorechurch
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66076, -6.27950
- SMR number
- ME028-010002-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The pointed chancel arch of Moorechurch parish church (ME028-010----) survives complete and has a plaque (dims 0.69m x 0. 31m) commemorating Dame Janet Sarsfield, dowager of Dunsany, who died in 1597 and is buried in the church inserted on the N pier (Du Noyer 1896, 325; FitzGerald 1904, 124). The plaque, which had been lying loose in the church (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 254) has Roman lettering in relief and reads: HERE INTER LIETHE / THE BODY OF DAME IE / NET SARSFELD LADY / DOWAGER OF DONSANY / WHO DYED THE XXII OF / FEBRUARY AN. DN. 1597.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 December, 2014
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1904 Moorechurch churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland. 6, 124. 4. 461.
Du Noyer, G.V. 1896-7 Moorechurch old church, near Julianstown. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland. 3, 325.
Cogan, Rev. A. 1862-70 Ecclesiastical history of the diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. (3 vols) Dublin: John Fowler, Joseph Dollard
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.