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
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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