Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Ardnacrany North, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardnacrany North
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52385, -7.75357
- SMR number
- WM016-019002-
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
Carmelite friary founded c. 1291 by Robert Dillon, Lord of Drumrany (Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 286). This site consists today of a relatively modern rectangular-shaped graveyard (WM016-019001-) with a seventeenth century wall monument (WM016-019004-) along with post-medieval memorials and the remains of a church (WM016-019----) belonging to the Carmelite friary. In 1979 the site was recorded as consisting of, 'a modern graveyard (WM016-019001-) with a 17th century tomb stone inside' (SMR File 03/07/1979). Late 17th century graveslab (dims. 1.4m x 1m; T 0.18m) lying up against N face of S wall of friary church close to SE corner of graveyard. Wall monument (WM016-019004-) immediately to W of graveslab. Graveslab recorded by Gerard Curran on the 8 April 2014 and listed on Irish Historic Graves website at http://historicgraves.com/ardnacrany-north/wm-acny-0010/grave accessed 9 October 2014. Inscription on graveslab reads as following:
IHS
HERE LYETH THE BODY : OF
THEOBALD : DILLON : ESQR
SON : TO : ROBERT : DILLON : OF
CANNORSTOWN : ESQR
WHO DIED THE : 12 : OF : FEBR
1686 AGED 69 MARGRETT. DILL
ON : ELDEST DAUGHTER TO SIR TE
OBALD : DILLON VISCOUNT OF COSTE
LLOW & GALLEN WAS THIS THEO
BALDS MOTHER
REQUIESCANT IN PACE
Memorials inside graveyard have been recorded and photographed and are now listed on the Historic Graves website at http://historicgraves.com/graveyard/ardnacrany-north/wm-acny, accessed 9 October 2014. See attached pdf showing plan of graveyard, the above graveslab is shown as number 10, taken from Historic Graves website at the above address.
Compiled by and revised: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revision: 15 October 2014
References
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Nearby in the register
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Carmelite friarsunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.