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Headstone

Caherabbey Upper, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Headstone, Caherabbey Upper, County Tipperary South, 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
Caherabbey Upper
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.38222, -7.93900
SMR number
TS075-081----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Embedded upright in the grounds of Bengurragh House, 0.6m S of the S wall of the wall garden and 30m W of house. This late 17th-century headstone (H 0.46m above ground; Wth 0.39m; T 0.13m), the upper sinister angle is broken off. The english inscription, in an naive style, reads, 'Here Li... Bodi Of M[?]... the wife of I. F. deceaced the 2[nd] of No[vem]ber 1675'. Sadleir (1910-12, vol. 8, 628) states that, 'The house at Bengurragh, formerly called Upper Cahir Abbey, was built by a Quaker named Fennell. According to local tradition this stone was erected by one of his ancestors, and removed by him from Cottage Hill Cemetery, which Lord Glengall, in order to extend his park, cleared, early in the last century [1800s], breaking the headstones and throwing the remains into the Suir'.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 24 June 2013

References

Sadleir, T. U. 1910-12 County Tipperary: Bengurragh Demesne, Cahir Parish. In Fitzgerald, W. (ed.) Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, vol. 8, 628.

Nearby in the register

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

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