Graveslab in Fethard

Lying recumbent in the graveyard (TS070-040031-) of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A rectangular limestone slab (L 1.8m; Wth 0.71m; T 0.12m) the upper surface of which is very worn. The lower dexter corner is missing. It is decorated, in relief with a three-armed cross with a large trefoil terminating each arm and a sunken lozenge at the centre of the cross-head. There is a rectangular panel on either side of the cross-shaft. The cross-shaft rises from a simple curving calvary mount. There is an inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, but it is not clearly legible, apart from HIC JACET GASPARD in the lower sinister corner, however, it was transcribed by Long (1907-09, vol. 7, 178) as: HIC JACET GASPARD..........QUI OBIIT MARCH A.D. 1635 ET ELLENA HACKETT UXOR EJUSQUE ME FIERI FECITT [sic]. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 4 March 2015