What is recorded here
In Aghanagh graveyard (SL040-171002-). In 1836 it was recorded that Captain St Ware [should be St Barbe], who lived at Ballinafad Castle (SL040-189----) was interred in 1622 or 1628 in the graveyard (OSNB vol. 1, 56). George Petrie (Royal Irish Academy MS 23L44, 27) recorded this graveslab and its inscription and coat of arms. This graveslab could not be located.
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 20 June 2011
A 17th-century Christian grave slab; associated with a locally notable figure, Captain St Barbe, indicating early modern burial practices in the area.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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