Graveslab in Ballybrogan, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

A tomb inside the church of Kilcommon (RO045-116001-) which is blocking the E window re-uses a graveslab (dims 2m x 1.05; T 0.15m) of Patricia (?) and Column Kelly of Creggan with a Latin inscription in false relief and a date of 1685. The slab is incised with a simple cross which has a calvary and fleur-de-lis terminals. The inscription has been read by Noel Dunne as: HOC MONVMENT SEV LAPIDEM EFIGE FECE / IT DOMINUS COLLOMELLA KELLY PRO ANIMA / PATRISSIVI DOMINE DONATI KELLY DE CREGAN / CLARE QVI VLTIMO APRILIS OBIT ANNO DO / MINI 1675 ET PRO SE ET SUIS POSTERIS DAE / VICESIMO OVINTO MARTY ANNO DNI 1685 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 28 October 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO045-116003

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