What is recorded here

Graveslab in Baile Chláir is a tapering stone set in the chancel floor of Claregalway, decorated with a fleur-de-lis and central shaft. It belongs to the thirteenth or fourteenth century friary, where several similar slabs mark buried lives beneath the sanctuary. The broken corner and worn lines suggest age, prayer and forgetting, while the clear motif still points upward from the dark earth.

Bradley and Dunne (1992, 58) noted 'at least five uninscribed cross-slabs of thirteenth/fourteenth century date' at the friary (GA070-035001-) in Claregalway. It is possibly that they are referring to a number of tapering graveslabs: see also (GA070-035003-, GA070-035005- to GA070-035007-. This example is one of three set in the floor of the NW corner of the chancel; it lies 0.94m to the E GA070-035003- and 0.1m N of GA070-035005-. It consists of a tapering bevelled slab (1.4m; Wth 0.53m top; 0.37m bottom) broken at the top left corner. The upper part of the slab is decorated with a fleur-de-lis motif; a shaft extending from it runs through the centre of its lower part. The following image has been uploaded: GA070-035004-_02.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 July 2018

Medieval Christian cross-slabs, 13th–14th century. These slabs are significant as they reflect the artistic and religious traditions of the Franciscan friary at Claregalway and contribute to understanding of medieval funerary practices in the region.

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