What is recorded here

Graveslab in Ballyneill (kilmurry Par.) is a graveslab in Ballyneill (kilmurry Par.), County Tipperary, Ireland. The recumbent limestone slab lies inside the north wall near the east end of Kilmurry church. It measures 2.06 metres long, 0.88 metres wide at the top and 0.21 metres thick, and is broken in two, three-quarters of the way along its length. Its interlace cross, calvary mount, skull and cross-bones accompany a marginal inscription naming Philippus and 1630.

Within Kilmurry church (TS078-53----) lies a recumbent graveslab inside the N wall, towards E end. A limestone slab (L 2.06m; Wth 0.88 top; Wth 0.86 base; T 0.21m including chamfered edge) with interlace cross head and three fleur-de-lis terminals. Sun and moon in the top dexter and sinister corners respectively. Four vertical bands comprise the shaft which rests on a curving calvary mount with skull and cross bones. There is a coat of arms on either side of the shaft; the dexter shield is quartered and the sinister shield is cut into six. Raised black letter script in a marginal band starts in the top dexter corner and finishes along the dexter side. The slab is broken in two three quarters of the way along its length. The two side panels appear to be blank. The inscription reads: HIC JACET PHILIPPUS QUEM ERFORD QVONDAM COLLACTANEV EOMITISOR MONAE CVM VXC RESVA MARGARET SHEA ADNI 1630 QVAE ORITT 10 IVNI 9 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 13 January 2015

Early Christian recumbent graveslab, likely 8th to 10th century; significant as an example of high-knight style stone carving associated with the ecclesiastical site of Kilmurry.

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