Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument
Ballygriffin (ballygriffin Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygriffin (ballygriffin Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51606, -7.99026
- SMR number
- TS060-049004-
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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
Within Ballygriffin church (TS060-049001-), towards the W end of the N wall there is a limestone 17th-century graveslab embedded in the ground (Wth 0.66m; H 0.6m above ground; D 0.16m). It bears the following unfinished inscription in raised Roman Capitals: MONUMENTUM HOC FIERI FECERUNT ANNO DOMINI 1646. HIC JACET D JOANNES CORCRANE PRESBITER ET CURATUS HUIUS ECCLESIAE CUM MATRE SUA [E] ONORA TROHI ILLE OBIIT [blank] DIE [blank] ANO DNI [blank]. ILLA OB [blank] DIE [blank] AO [blank] DNI [blank] PROPITIETUR DEUS. This roughly translates as: This monument was made in the year 1646. Here lies John Corcoran curate of this parish and his mother Honora Trobi, the dates of their deaths have been left blank. The mother's maiden name is variously given as 'Trihy' (White 1892, 26) and 'Troy' (Seymour 1910-12, vol. 8, 433). Beneath the lettering there is a shield with a lion passant guardant, apparently the arms of Corcrane (ibid.).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 08 July 2014
References
Seymour, Rev. St. J. D. 1910-12 County Tipperary: Ballygriffin church ruin. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland 8, 432-3.
White, J.D. 1892 Anthologia Tipperariensis. Cashel.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.