Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - chest tomb
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
- WX029-013054-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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, 14, No. 2) On the left of the tombstone (WX029-013055-) attached to the N wall of the side-chapels on the S transept is the stone (Wth 0.67m; H `1.93m; T 0.15m) from the side of the same altar tomb. It also has a foliate cross and there are two iron rings. The inscription around the edge reads:
Hic iacet Johanes: white ... the right side of the stone is broken, the bottom line is indistinct G: - ecasis (?) - - - - -.... and the bottom left corner is broken off feliciter: peracto: ex: hac: vita: migravit 29: die: marcii: anno: dni: 1569: pro: cuius anima: orare: hec: legentes. magnopere. rogavit
(Here lies John White ---- happily accomplished, departed from this life on the 29th day of March in the year of Our Lord 1569. He has earnestly requested those reading this to pray for his soul.)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 August, 2012
References
O'Mahony, A. 1987 St Mary's, New Ross: church and monuments. Wexford. New Ross Historical Society.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.