What is recorded here

Graveslab in Blanchvillestown lies embedded near the south wall of the medieval Kylebeg church, marking the death of Ellis Blanchville on 6 December 1581. Her name rises in black letter beside a seven-armed cross, turning a quiet church floor into a place where one young life still speaks. The stone has survived centuries of rain, footsteps and forgotten prayers, keeping her identity intact when so much else has blurred.

Within the medieval church of Kylebeg (KK020-057001-). Lying near the S wall of the chancel, at the E end, embedded in the ground. A large rectangular (L 1.5m; Wth 0.52m) limestone recumbent slab. It is decorated in relief with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, a three-barred knop beneath the cross-head and a banded shaft. A latin inscription in raised Black Letter script runs in a narrow border across the top and down the sinister side of slab. The inscription has been transcribed by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 414) as, 'Hic jacet Elisia Blancheuld fi[li]a q obit vi die mensis Desember 1581' and translated as, 'Here lies Ellis, daughter of Leonard Blanchville, who died, Dec. 6th, 1581'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 December 2020

A 12th- to 13th-century Christian gravestone; significant as a medieval funerary monument within a church context, indicating early Christian burial practices in the region.

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