Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
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
- 53.66075, -6.27935
- SMR number
- ME028-010003-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A graveslab of Thomas Buckley dated 1617 that was in the chancel of Moorchurch parish church (ME028-010----) cannot be identified. It is described (Dix 1898-1900, 461) as being in two pieces and having a figure of a man in 'Elizabethan costume' at the centre and a fragmentary inscription around three sides that reads: HERE LIETH THE BODIE OF / THOMAS BUCKELY, GENT, WHO DI-- / --OCTOBER, 1617.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 December, 2014
References
Dix, E. R. 1899-1900 Moorechurch Parish. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland. 4 460-2.
Nearby in the register
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 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.