What is recorded here

Graveslab in Ballybrogan is a tomb inside Kilcommon church, re-using a 1685 slab of Patricia and Column Kelly of Creggan. It blocks the east window, forcing daylight to strike dead names instead of entering the nave. The Latin inscription and cross with fleur-de-lis terminals suggest a family proud enough to carve memory into stone, yet poor enough to be forgotten by everyone else.

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

Medieval Christian tomb slab, 15th–16th century; significant as a reused funerary monument with Latin inscription, reflecting early modern burial practices and the repurposing of materials in ecclesiastical settings.

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