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Tomb - effigial

Ballypheasan, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Tomb - effigial, Ballypheasan, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballypheasan
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.62475, -8.19156
SMR number
RO039-055004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

An effigy, said to be that of Felimid O'Conor and made c. 1290-1300, is in a niche in the N chancel wall on the side-panels of a 15th century wall monument (RO039-055003-) (O'Gorman 1866; Fitzgerald 1900; Hunt 1974, No. 212).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

O'Gorman, T. 1866 Some remarks on O'Connor's tomb at Roscommon. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 8, 546-54.

Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press.

FitzGerald, Lord W. 1900 The effigy of King Felim O'Conor in Roscommon Abbey, and the altar-tomb it rests on. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 30, 364-7.

Nearby in the register

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

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