What is recorded here
Graveslab in Englishtown, limerick City is a 17th century graveslab in the floor of St. Mary's Cathedral. Creagh 1632. This slab in the Arthur chapel is decorated in high relief with a Gothic lettered inscription: [ORATE] PRO ANIMAB DOMINICI ... ET GENETE CR/ EAGH UXORIS EIVS/ EIVS [sic] QUAE .... 28 NOVEMBRIS 1632 (FitzGerald 1910, 129).
17th century graveslab in the floor of St. Mary's Cathedral (LI005-017015-) described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 321) as following; ‘Floor slab. Creagh 1632.
This slab in the Arthur chapel is decorated in high relief with a Gothic lettered inscription:
[ORATE] PRO ANIMAB DOMINICI ... ET GENETE CR/ EAGH
UXORIS EIVS/ EIVS [sic] QUAE .... 28 NOVEMBRIS 1632
(FitzGerald 1910, 129)'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 November 2019
17th-century Christian graveslab; significant as a historical marker within St. Mary's Cathedral, reflecting early modern funerary practices in Limerick.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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