Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- New Ross
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.39612, -6.94067
- SMR number
- WX029-013053-
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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: O’Mahony, A. (1987, 16, k) Attached to the wall of one of the chantries of the S transept is a slab (Wth 0.57-0.69; H 2.11m; T 0.19m) with a cross with trefoil ends. The stem of the cross extends the length of the stone. On the left side, parallel with the stem of the cross, is a Norman-French inscription in Lombardic lettering, parts of which are indistinct. It reads:
JULIS KE FU LA FEME SIMON GAUNTER GIT ICI DE – DE LA ALME EIT MERCI (Julia who was the wife of Simon Gaunter lies here. May God have mercy on her soul.)
Simon Gaunter was elected provost of New Ross at Michaelmas in 1288. This stone may therefore be dated to the late 13th century.
(Vigors 1898-1900)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 July, 2012
References
O'Mahony, A. 1987 St Mary's, New Ross: church and monuments. Wexford. New Ross Historical Society.
Vigors, P.D. 1898-1900 Parish of New Ross. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, vol. 4, 320-1.
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