What is recorded here

Grave Yd. belongs to St. John's Church in Limerick City and has stood since at least 1201-2. Its wall still carries a 1650 plaque naming John Creagh, David Rochfort and James Bousfield as funders of the city's outworks, while older slabs remember Thomas and Johanna Rice, John Foorde, and Philip son of Maurice. The yard is small, walled, and crowded with lost names, making death and civic pride share the same stone.

Graveyard belonging to St. John's Church (LI005-017015-) in Limerick City described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 325-6) as following; 'Situated in the south end of the Irish town this is listed among the churches of Limerick in the inquisition of 1201-2 (MacCaffrey 1907, 27, 28). Westropp (1904-5, 358) notes that before the rebuilding of 1763 there was a monument to Thomas and Johanna Rice dated 1622 and a tablet (probably a wall memorial) to John Foorde, Mayor 1693 (now in the graveyard, see Mems Dead viii (1910-12), 372). In addition there was a panel, probably from a table tomb with the symbols of the passion and a second slab with a marginal inscription to "Philip son of Maurice with a shoe and an axe (Mems Dead viii (1910-12), 376-7). The enclosing wall of the graveyard has a plaque with an inscription of 1650 recording money given by John Creagh, David Rochfort and James Bousfield for the "outworks" of the city'. A graveyard (approx. dims. 28m N-S x 41m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall mainly lies to the S of St. John's Church. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 July 2019

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