Wall monument

The National Monuments Service's description

Carmelite friary founded (WM016-019----) 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 graveslab (WM016-019002-) along with post-medieval memorial stones and the remains of a church (WM016-019----) belonging to the Carmelite Friary. Late 17th century square-shaped wall monument (dims. 0.95m x 0.88m; T 0.14m) lying up against N face of S wall of friary church close to SE corner of graveyard. Wall monument located immediately W of 17th century graveslab (WM016-019002-). Memorial stone recorded by Marree Curran on the 8 April 2014 and listed Irish Historic Graves website at http://historicgraves.com/ardnacrany-north/wm-acny-0009/grave accessed 9 October 2014. Inscription on tablet reads as following:
Theobald Dillons Monument
was erected by his son Thomas
Dillon. the said Thomas his
Mother her was Julia Dillon Alias
Dalton who died 1st of
August in the year 1691 who
was eldest daughter of John
Dalton of Moyvaghly Esq
This Theobald Dillon is a branch of
the Earl of Roscommon.

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 9, 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.