Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - effigial
St. Patricksrock, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- St. Patricksrock
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51973, -7.89046
- SMR number
- TS061-025147-
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
In storage within the Vicor's Choral (TS061-025005-) on the Rock of Cashel and formerly located in the cathedral (TS061-025003-). Only three fragments of this effigy of an archbishop survive. They are described by Hunt (1974, vol. 1, 222-23) and comprise a portion of the head (dims. 0.3m x 0.24m) wearing a mitre; the central part of the chest (dims. 0.48m x 0.33m) sporting a full chasuble with a pallium over the shoulders, the left hand held a crozier, only fragments of which remains, with a decorative knop, while the right hand is gloved and raised in blessing; the third fragment (dims. 0.43m x 0.4m) is the lower part of the chasuble.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 20 November 2015
Nearby in the register
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
- Tomb - effigial (present location)under 1 mi
- Collegeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.