Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - effigial
Ballypheasan, County Roscommon, Ireland
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-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.