What is recorded here

Graveslab in Abbey West lies buried beneath the presbytery floor at Corcomroe Abbey, carrying the names John O’Dally and Marey Flanagane from 1682. The new words were cut across an older cross, turning a forgotten death into a requested prayer. That small act of reuse suggests the abbey kept claiming its dead long after people stopped building for them.

Situated on the floor of the presbytery in Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-). A graveslab bearing an inscription that reads: ‘Pray for the souls of John O’Dally and Marey Flanagane 1682’. The inscription appears to be superimposed on an earlier graveslab bearing a single-lined incised Latin cross with rounded terminals on a stepped base. The upper part of the cross is wheeled by a single line. Above the inscription cited above and slightly off-centre is a very small wheeled cross above which are the letters ‘INRI’ and below which are the letters ‘IHS’. (Carey 2008, 18). The following image is attached: CL003-029012-_01.jpg View of graveslab from E. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 4 April 2016

A 17th-century Christian gravestone; significant as a historical record of local burial practices and personal names in the region.

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