Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Waterford City
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26048, -7.10636
- SMR number
- WA009-005088-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
From: Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. vol. 2, 284-5.
Neale O'Neill. 1690. N. wall of the chancel of the Franciscan church (WA009-005032-).
Rectangular slab of fossiliferous limestone with worn inscription and missing its top right corner. Set against the N wall of the chancel. It is decorated in relief with an incised marginal inscription, an achievement of arms (O'Neill impaling Molyneux) and a skull and crossed bones. Inscription:
HERE LYES THE BODY OF S. NEAL O'NEILLE BARRONET OF KILLILAG IN/ THE COUNTY OF ANTRIM WHO DYED THE 8TH OF JULY IN THE / YEAR 1690 AT THE AGE OF 32 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS. HE/ MARRIED THE SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE LORD VISCOUNT/ MOLYNEUS OF SEFTO[n] IN LANCASHIRE IN ENGLAND
Dims. 1.95m x 0.82m; T 0.1m.
P. (1896a) The O'Neill tomb in the “French Church”, WAJ, vol. 2, No. 7, 56-8.
Power (1894-5) 219; Mems. Dead II (1892-4) 218; ibid; III (1895-7) 169.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.