Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Churchtown (forth By., Tacumshin Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Churchtown (forth By., Tacumshin Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20318, -6.43794
- SMR number
- WX053-002004-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity 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
There is a graveslab (L 2.16m; Wth 0.55-0.67m) in the chancel of the parish church of Tacumshin (WX053-002001-). It has an incised floriated cross and an incised inscription in Latin commemorating John Ingram, who has been identified, possibly, as a Canon of Ferns in 1304 (FitzGerald 1903; Hore 1949, 31).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 March, 2014
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1903 Tacumshin Parish. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, vol. 3, 498-501.
Hore, P.H. 1949 The barony of Forth. Part IV. The Past 5, 13-59.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.